The Hawks surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,639 people carried this name — #4,105 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 34,100 people counted. That is up 4% from 8,337 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Hawks surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a baptismal name, from a given name: ‘the son of Henry’.

His entry covers Hawkin, Hawking, Hawkins, Hawkes and Hawks.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 367 · public domain.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

114 families named Hawks, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 758 people lived in those households, 6.6 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 5 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Massachusetts 45
Pennsylvania 37
Virginia 11
Maine 7
New York 5
Maryland 4
Rhode Island 2
Vermont 1
North Carolina 1
South Carolina 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 244 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Hawks in American newspapers,
1888–1889.

Newspaper page from Catoctin Clarion carrying the name Hawks
Catoctin Clarion 1888-05-03
Newspaper page from Catoctin Clarion carrying the name Hawks
Catoctin Clarion 1889-10-24

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Hawks in Australian newspapers,
1830s–1990s.

2,476 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hawks. The most, 474, date from the 1930s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Western Australia, at 1.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 725
Victoria 625
Western Australia 332
South Australia 307
Queensland 276
Tasmania 173
ACT (Canberra) 18
Northern Territory 6

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hawks.

Who carried it

People named Hawks,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Francis L. Hawks
    Francis L. Hawks 1798–1866 · writer
  • Cicero Stephens Hawks
    Cicero Stephens Hawks 1812–1868 · Anglican priest
  • Alanson Knox Hawks
    Alanson Knox Hawks 1828–1902 · politician
  • Lydia Clarke Hawks d. 1911
  • Judith Snead 1665–1719
  • John Hawks 1731–1790 · architect

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Hawks,
in the records of 4 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States648 records

648 records of the Hawks name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 285
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 112
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 107
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 56
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 53
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 23
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 7
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Raymond M. Hawks

    Born 1916 in Oregon. Enlisted 1944 at Fort Douglas, Utah; welder from Ravalli County, Montana. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1986, buried at Willamette National Cemetery, Oregon.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Robert James Hawks

    Born 1949; from Antioch, Illinois. U.S. Marine Corps, communication center operator; died in an accident 1969 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Jane Hawks

    Arrived at New York in 1873 aboard the Calabria from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 26; matron. From England.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 648 records for Hawks in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia97 records

97 records of the Hawks name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 46
  • Tasmanian Names Index 22
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 13
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 10
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 6
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Samuel Hawks

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Royal Admiral, arriving 1835; ticket of leave 1839.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Geo Hawks

    Arrived in Victoria in 1856 aboard the Saldanha, aged 42; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Mary Eleanor Maud Hawks

    Retired musician of Point Lonsdale, Victoria; died 1999.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 97 records for Hawks in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Canada9 records

9 records of the Hawks name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 7
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 1
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Grace Hawks

    Died 1925 in Grafton, Queens, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Olive Irene Hawks

    Buried in 1919 at Union Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  3. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Alice Emily Hawks

    Died 1952; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.

Showing 3 of 9 records for Hawks in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

United Kingdom3 records

3 records of the Hawks name in the United Kingdom
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  • Scottish rolls of honour, First World War 1
  • St James's burial ground, Euston (London), 1789–1853 1
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Elizh Hawks

    Buried in 1820 at St James's burial ground, Euston, London, aged 19.

    MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record Aubrey Meldrum Wood Hawks

    Born 1896. Died 1918. Named in the University of Edinburgh roll of honour, 1914-1919.

    National Library of Scotland, Rolls of Honour (public domain)
  3. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record W. J. Hawks

    King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment). Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · National Library of Scotland, Rolls of Honour (public domain) · MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0); C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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