Hawks Surname Meaning & Coat of Arms

Some records give Hawk; others give Hawks. Both point to the same English family name. The family name meaning is “hawk, falconer”, the same as for Hawk. The extra ending in Hawks is patronymic: it identified a person as belonging to Hawk's family. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard. Related forms: Hawke.

The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists Hawks with 8,639 bearers, at rank 4,105.

Arms linked to Hawk and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Research your Hawks family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.