Halmshaw Surname

895,817th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 299 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Gibraltar

Halmshaw Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Hallamshire,'easily and naturally corrupted to Hampshire. There can be no doubt about the Yorkshire Hampshires; they are descended from Hallamshire folk. Nine-tenths of our Hampshires = Hallamshire.

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Halmshaw Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2651:210,25718,075
New Zealand121:377,36028,765
Gibraltar61:5,659991
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1961:124,36411,707
Wales31:522,80514,314

Halmshaw Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Hallamshire,'easily and naturally corrupted to Hampshire. There can be no doubt about the Yorkshire Hampshires; they are descended from Hallamshire folk. Nine-tenths of our Hampshires = Hallamshire. The order is Hallomshire, Halmshire, Hamshire, and (with customary intrusive 'p' after m, as in Simpson or Thompson) Hampshire. The intermediate link is found in Halmshaw, to be seen in the West Riding Court Directory.

Thomas de Hallomschire, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Henricus de Hallomschire, 1379: ibid.

Thomas Halomschire, 1379: ibid.

Robertus Hallomshire, 1379: ibid.

(a) Local, 'of Hampshire'; compare Wiltshire, Devonshire, &c.

— A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

From the county.

— Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower
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Halmshaw Demographics

Average Halmshaw Salary in
England

£28,267

Per year
Rank:
29,579 of 88,641
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.000465814
Rank: 18,899 of 88,641
Percentage of national average salary:
104.79%
Sample size: 38 (2014)

Average Salary in
England

£26,976

Per year
Per month:
£2,248
Per week:
£500
Per day:
£74

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Halmshaw Last Name Facts

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

The last name Halmshaw is carried by more people in England than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Halmshaw.

How Common Is The Last Name Halmshaw? popularity and diffusion

It is the 895,817th most commonly occurring surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 24,373,063 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 93 percent of Halmshaw reside; 90 percent reside in Northern Europe and 90 percent reside in British Isles.

This surname is most numerous in England, where it is carried by 265 people, or 1 in 210,257. In England it is most prevalent in: West Yorkshire, where 55 percent live, North Yorkshire, where 8 percent live and Lincolnshire, where 6 percent live. Apart from England this surname exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in New Zealand, where 4 percent live and Gibraltar, where 2 percent live.

Halmshaw Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Halmshaw has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Halmshaw surname rose 135 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it contracted 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.

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Almshaaf752/
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Almsatfh63332/
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Almsov573/
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