Hemmaway Surname

2,237,939th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 72 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Canada

Hemmaway 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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Hemmaway Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada461:800,99162,809
England241:2,321,58686,519
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England111:2,215,94364,354
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884

Hemmaway 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

Hemmaway Last Name Facts

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

The surname Hemmaway is found most frequently in Canada. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Hemmaway? popularity and diffusion

The surname Hemmaway is the 2,237,939th most widely held surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 101,215,916 people. Hemmaway is primarily found in The Americas, where 65 percent of Hemmaway reside; 65 percent reside in North America and 65 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most frequently held in Canada, where it is borne by 46 people, or 1 in 800,991. In Canada it is most frequent in: Alberta, where 85 percent reside and Ontario, where 15 percent reside. Not including Canada this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 33 percent reside and The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent reside.

Hemmaway Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Hemmaway has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname expanded 218 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Hemmaway Last Name Statistics demography

Hemmaway earn around the same as the average income. In Canada they earn 1.25% more than the national average, earning $50,306 CAD per year.

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