Hampsheir Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Hampsheir 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.
Read More About This SurnameHampsheir Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 44 | 1:1,266,320 | 57,817 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 9 | 1:2,708,374 | 73,770 |
Hampsheir 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.
(English) 1 belonging to Hampshire, the Anglo-Saxon Hamtún-scír, from Ham-tún, now Southampton [Old English scír, a shire, district] 2 belonging to Hallamshire. The place from which this Sheffield district acquired its name was called Hallum in Domesday Book, prob. for Anglo-Saxon h(e)alum, dat.pl. of h(e)al, a slope, corner.
From the county.
Hampsheir Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hampsheir Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hampsheir is more frequently found in England than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hampsheir? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,909,720th most frequently used last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 161,945,465 people. The last name Hampsheir is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Hampsheir reside; 98 percent reside in Northern Europe and 98 percent reside in British Isles.
The surname Hampsheir is most frequent in England, where it is carried by 44 people, or 1 in 1,266,320. In England Hampsheir is most common in: Kent, where 41 percent reside, Greater London, where 25 percent reside and Essex, where 14 percent reside. Without taking into account England this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Australia, where 2 percent reside.
Hampsheir Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Hampsheir has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Hampsheir last name expanded 489 percent between 1881 and 2014.
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