This surname can trace its roots back to either the Anglo-Saxon people of Britain and to the name Johan-kin, or to the Scandinavian Nordic name Haakon and its patronymic Haakonsson.
The name "Haakon" is from Old Norse meaning "High kin" coming from Há (high/chosen) and konr (descendant/kin).
Haakonsson subsequently became anglicised into Modern-English as Hankinson, Hankins, Hankin, Annakin.
The surname is also a Jewish surname (Hebrew: חנקין) meaning child (kin) of Hanna.
Notable people with the surname include: