Hampshire Surname
Approximately 6,271 people bear this surname
Hampshire 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 SurnameHampshire Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2,990 | 1:18,635 | 2,670 |
| United States | 2,200 | 1:164,754 | 16,735 |
| Australia | 352 | 1:76,692 | 8,962 |
| Canada | 174 | 1:211,756 | 20,505 |
| Wales | 107 | 1:28,921 | 2,968 |
| South Africa | 97 | 1:558,533 | 43,702 |
| New Zealand | 69 | 1:65,628 | 10,016 |
| Mexico | 66 | 1:1,880,700 | 18,230 |
| Scotland | 44 | 1:121,678 | 7,769 |
| Northern Ireland | 28 | 1:65,894 | 4,901 |
| Brazil | 22 | 1:9,730,651 | 206,332 |
| Germany | 20 | 1:4,025,273 | 167,743 |
| Thailand | 18 | 1:3,924,352 | 328,346 |
| France | 14 | 1:4,744,480 | 251,814 |
| Spain | 14 | 1:3,339,431 | 67,428 |
| Netherlands | 11 | 1:1,535,198 | 78,311 |
| Hong Kong | 6 | 1:1,222,580 | 5,222 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Ireland | 4 | 1:1,177,235 | 16,494 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,689 | 1:14,432 | 2,155 |
| Wales | 11 | 1:142,583 | 5,610 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 387 | 1:129,764 | 12,459 |
Hampshire (22) may also be a first name.
Hampshire 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.
Hampshire Demographics
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Hampshire Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hampshire Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hampshire occurs more in England more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hampshire? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 77,965th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 1,162,103 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 52 percent of Hampshire reside; 51 percent reside in Northern Europe and 51 percent reside in British Isles. Hampshire is also the 2,301,746th most numerous first name throughout the world. It is borne by 22 people.
The last name Hampshire is most commonly held in England, where it is borne by 2,990 people, or 1 in 18,635. In England it is most common in: West Yorkshire, where 17 percent live, South Yorkshire, where 8 percent live and Greater London, where 8 percent live. Without taking into account England this last name exists in 37 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 35 percent live and Australia, where 6 percent live.
Hampshire Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Hampshire has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname grew 177 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 568 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 973 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Hampshire Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Hampshire surname are 21% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 67.77% registered with the political party.
The amount Hampshire earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 28.17% more than the national average, earning R 304,572 per year; in United States they earn 3.37% less than the national average, earning $41,697 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.87% more than the national average, earning $58,067 CAD per year.
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