Last name Hosken (Hosken 
) , around the world, is quite a rare family name. The last name Hosken is characteristic of Australia, where it is quite a rare surname, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom, where it is a rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in Brazil, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Much less frequently, Hosken is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Hosken | United Kingdom, South Africa, Australia, United States, Brazil |
| john hosken English slave owner (1781–1865) (b. 1781) |
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| james hosken English naval officer and mariner (1798-1885), GB (b. 1798) |
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| emma hosken British novelist, GB (b. 1845) |
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| james dryden hosken British poet, GB (b. 1861) |
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| alice cecil seymour hosken British writer, GB (b. 1877) |
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| heath hosken (b. 1875) |
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| h. r. hosken badminton player, GB (b. 1888) |
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| fran hosken writer, feminist, and social activist, US (b. 1919) |
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| catherine hosken Peerage person ID=409629 |
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| david hosken researcher |
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| james hosken Peerage person ID=409628 |
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| arthur fayrer hosken Peerage person ID=362588 |
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| daniel hosken Ph.D. Cornell University 1995 |
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| katharine florentia hosken Peerage person ID=362589 |
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| william h. hosken Ph.D. Purdue University 1967 |
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