Possible Derivation of Surname Austin

From the book: History of Pope County, Arkansas Vol. I

The surname Austin is believed to have come from the baptismal name “son of Augustine.” The soldiers of Caesar’s Legions carried the name to Britain in 55 A.D. and when they left early in the 5th century the name had become well established among the native Britons. These early Austins flourished and by the 13th century there were more than a dozen coats-of-arms recorded for Austin families in the English counties of Kent, Surrey and Norfolk