Hemmingway Surname

301,673rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,259 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Ireland

Hemmingway 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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Hemmingway Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7241:500,63442,111
England3091:180,31716,264
Canada941:391,97434,739
Australia751:359,94330,133
Ireland361:130,8046,280
New Zealand71:646,90340,014
Wales51:618,90625,852
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland161:276,86711,455
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4541:53,6906,448
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4001:125,54712,138

Hemmingway 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

Hemmingway Last Name Facts

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

Hemmingway has its highest incidence in The United States. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Hemmingway? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 301,673rd most widely held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 5,788,361 people. It is predominantly found in The Americas, where 65 percent of Hemmingway live; 65 percent live in North America and 65 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most frequently held in The United States, where it is carried by 724 people, or 1 in 500,634. In The United States it is primarily found in: Florida, where 14 percent are found, North Carolina, where 11 percent are found and Michigan, where 7 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States this last name is found in 14 countries. It is also found in England, where 25 percent are found and Canada, where 7 percent are found.

Hemmingway Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Hemmingway has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Hemmingway surname grew 181 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it declined 32 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it grew 225 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Hemmingway Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is chiefly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Hemmingway last name are 2.41% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 50.82% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Hemmingway earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 10.7% less than the national average, earning $38,532 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.79% more than the national average, earning $53,552 CAD per year.

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Hemmingway Reference & Research

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