Hampsheir Surname

2,909,720th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 45 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

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.

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Hampsheir 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
England441:1,266,32057,817
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England91:2,708,37473,770

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.

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

(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.

— Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

From the county.

— Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower
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Hampsheir Last Name Facts

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

The last name Hampsheir occurs in England more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Hampsheir click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Hampsheir? popularity and diffusion

Hampsheir is the 2,909,720th most frequently used last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 161,945,465 people. The last name Hampsheir occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Hampsheir live; 98 percent live in Northern Europe and 98 percent live in British Isles.

Hampsheir is most common in England, where it is borne by 44 people, or 1 in 1,266,320. In England Hampsheir is most prevalent in: Kent, where 41 percent are found, Greater London, where 25 percent are found and Essex, where 14 percent are found. Outside of England this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Australia, where 2 percent are found.

Hampsheir Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Hampsheir has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Hampsheir last name grew 489 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Hampsher9453/
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Hampshire896,271/
Hampshier892/
Hampshere891/
Hampser880/
Hampsir880/
Hompsher820/
Hamphser820/
Hempsher820/
Champseur781/
Hambshire781/
Hempser753/
Hambcher712/
Champsaur67338/
Embscher5911/
Chanpsaur561/
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