Hambleton Surname

83,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,784 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
England

Hambleton Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Hamilton,' or 'Hambleton,' or' Hambledon': v. Hamerton and Hamilton. The 'b' is intrusive.

Hambridge, Hambidge. — Local. 'of Hambridge.' I do not know where this place is. Hambidge is a manifest variant.

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Hambleton Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,4271:149,34415,384
England2,1411:26,0243,563
Canada4681:78,7308,833
Australia3611:74,7808,771
New Zealand1411:32,1165,589
Wales511:60,6775,433
Mexico311:4,004,07126,265
Scotland281:191,20810,357
Ireland261:181,1137,791
France171:3,907,219231,005
Germany151:5,367,031196,901
Northern Ireland131:141,9267,751
Thailand101:7,063,834426,148
Netherlands101:1,688,71881,846
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Puerto Rico41:887,5354,548
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Barbados11:287,4482,772
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland31:1,476,62229,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,1811:20,6402,923
Wales351:44,8122,341
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,0961:45,8205,293

Hambleton (14) may also be a first name.

Hambleton Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Hamilton,' or 'Hambleton,' or' Hambledon': v. Hamerton and Hamilton. The 'b' is intrusive.

Hambridge, Hambidge. — Local. 'of Hambridge.' I do not know where this place is. Hambidge is a manifest variant.

1583. Anthony Hambridge and Margaret Temple: Marriage Lic. (London).

1802. Married — George Hambridge and Mary White: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

(English) belonging to Hambleton = 1 Hamela’s Estate. 2 the Wether-Enclosure [Old English hamela or hamnola, genit. hamolan, one who has been mutilated (Old English hamelian (English hamble), to mutilate); a wether: cp. Dutch hamel=Ger. hammel, O.H.Ger. hamal, a wether + Old English tún] Hambleton, Lancs, was Hamelton in the 13th cent.

Hambleton, co. Leicester, gives the title of Viscount Hamilton to the Marquis of Abercorn, who, as head of the Hamilton family, inherits it from William de Ham­bleton, grandson of the first Earl of Leicester.—Nat Gaz.

Another form of the name is seen in the old ballad ‘Sir Andrew Barton’— Come hither to mee James Hambilton, Thou art my only sisters sonne; If thou wilt let my beames down fall, Six hundred nobles thou hast wonne.— Percy's Rcliques.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Surrey, Yorkshire.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Hambleton Last Name Facts

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

The surname Hambleton occurs most in The United States. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Hambleton? popularity and diffusion

The last name Hambleton is the 83,661st most common last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 1,259,949 people. The last name Hambleton is mostly found in The Americas, where 51 percent of Hambleton are found; 50 percent are found in North America and 50 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,024,661st most frequently occurring given name in the world, borne by 14 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 2,427 people, or 1 in 149,344. In The United States Hambleton is most frequent in: California, where 10 percent reside, Florida, where 7 percent reside and Ohio, where 6 percent reside. Not including The United States Hambleton occurs in 39 countries. It also occurs in England, where 37 percent reside and Canada, where 8 percent reside.

Hambleton Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Hambleton has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 221 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 181 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 146 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 2,800 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it rose 867 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Hambleton Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is primarily Anglican (67%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Hambleton surname are 22.22% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 68.99% registered with the party.

The amount Hambleton earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 8.75% more than the national average, earning $46,923 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.61% more than the national average, earning $55,453 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hambleston950/
Hambletone950/
Ambleton9445/
Hamblestone900/
Gambleton8958/
Hembleton892/
Hambliton891/
Hamvleton891/
Ambleston891/
Hanbleton890/
Hombleton890/
Ganmbleton841/
Hanbletone841/
Embleton823,606/
Hamblitan781/
Enbleton711/

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