Gimpson Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
United Arab Emirates

Gimpson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gimpson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:27,859,030389,889
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England141:1,741,09855,534
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Gimpson (6) may also be a first name.

Gimpson Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gimpson Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Gimpson is most common in England. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gimpson? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 7,593,402nd most widely held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The last name Gimpson occurs mostly in The Americas, where 33 percent of Gimpson live; 33 percent live in North America and 33 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 4,967,096th most frequently held first name in the world, held by 6 people.

The surname is most frequent in England, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 27,859,030. In England it is mostly found in: Derbyshire, where 50 percent are found and Greater London, where 50 percent are found. Apart from England this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 33 percent are found and Uganda, where 17 percent are found.

Gimpson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Gimpson has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Gimpson surname contracted 86 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it contracted 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Impson92882/
Jimpson8691/
Himpson8675/
Cimpson8615/
Ismpson861/
Zimpson860/
Simpsson8013/
Simpsonn809/
Simpsion808/
Sinmpson804/
Saimpson802/
Simmpson802/
Imphsoin801/
Gempshon800/
Seimpson800/
Siempson800/
Simphson800/
Empson772,640/
Smpson7736/
Impsom775/
Impsen773/
Impsan770/
Jmpson770/
D'Simpson751/
Thjimpson750/
Jempson71373/
Hempson71252/
Simpsen7181/
Simpsan7123/
Jinpson7122/
Sımpson711/
Snmpson711/
Himpsen711/
Jimpsen710/
Jympson710/
Sajmpson671/
Saempson671/
Seampson670/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Gimpson
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