Hemingway Surname

42,221st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12,359 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Isle of Man

Hemingway Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Hemingway,' i.e. the road that led to Heming's house; v. Hemming (compare Hemingfield, a village near Wombwell, Yorkshire). Representatives of this name will be met with in nearly every town and village in the West Riding.

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Hemingway Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7,1821:50,4686,099
England3,6901:15,1002,231
Canada3731:98,78210,734
Australia3451:78,2489,133
New Zealand2351:19,2693,387
South Africa1881:288,17928,102
Wales781:39,6733,883
Thailand471:1,502,944203,155
Scotland381:140,8908,524
Iraq161:2,188,85319,343
France131:5,109,440259,941
Spain111:4,250,18575,241
Belgium101:1,149,66482,403
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Northern Ireland91:205,0049,958
Germany81:10,063,182283,807
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
Isle of Man71:12,2602,387
Ecuador71:2,272,26423,377
China61:227,886,92811,701
Mexico51:24,825,24158,251
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
Italy51:12,231,338126,430
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
Panama41:978,06412,245
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Netherlands31:5,629,059132,535
Afghanistan31:10,717,72835,605
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Algeria21:19,315,77697,017
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Cook Islands11:18,1791,485
Eritrea11:4,751,901911
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland191:233,15110,389
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,9851:12,2801,861
Wales141:112,0304,740
Scotland101:374,32210,959
Isle of Man21:27,1351,659
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,0391:48,3345,516

Hemingway (52) may also be a first name.

Hemingway Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Hemingway,' i.e. the road that led to Heming's house; v. Hemming (compare Hemingfield, a village near Wombwell, Yorkshire). Representatives of this name will be met with in nearly every town and village in the West Riding. I have not discovered the precise spot. Two of the individuals referred to in the Frenchlived in Southowram.

Thomas Emyngway, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Willelmus Hemyngway, 1379: ibid.

Johannes Hemyngway, 1379: ibid.

1790. Married — Henry Fletcher and Elinor Hemingway: St. George, Hanover Square.

1800. — Thomas Heminway and Elizabeth Ashley: ibid.

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

(Anglo-Scand.) Dweller at Heming’s Way [v.Heming, and + Old English weg = Old Norse ueg-r, a road]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) Dweller at the road to Heming's estate, or to Hemma's people.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

From Hemingby; a location name in Lincolnshire.

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

Hemingway Last Name Facts

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

The last name Hemingway is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Hemingway? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 42,221st most prevalent last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 589,655 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 58 percent of Hemingway reside; 58 percent reside in North America and 58 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,381,723rd most widely held given name throughout the world. It is borne by 52 people.

It is most prevalent in The United States, where it is carried by 7,182 people, or 1 in 50,468. In The United States Hemingway is primarily found in: South Carolina, where 10 percent reside, New York, where 9 percent reside and California, where 8 percent reside. Outside of The United States Hemingway is found in 59 countries. It is also common in England, where 30 percent reside and Canada, where 3 percent reside.

Hemingway Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Hemingway has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Hemingway surname grew 691 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 186 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 557 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 380 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 95 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Hemingway Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is primarily Anglican (68%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Hemingway surname are 5.19% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 51.96% being registered with the party.

The amount Hemingway earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 94.43% more than the national average, earning R 462,036 per year; in United States they earn 5.28% less than the national average, earning $40,869 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.12% more than the national average, earning $55,703 CAD per year.

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Hemingway Reference & Research

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