Hempel Surname

20,700th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26,408 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Hempel Surname Definition:

(English, German) One who came from Hempshill (Hemede’shill), in Nottinghamshire; descendant of Haginbald (hedged place, bold).

Hempel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany19,9201:4,041453
United States3,6371:99,65911,071
South Africa3851:140,72116,192
Australia3641:74,1648,706
Poland2961:128,40818,876
Canada2251:163,75816,499
Sweden1991:49,4813,830
Denmark1881:30,0253,104
Brazil1671:1,281,88243,935
Austria1631:52,2428,220
France1201:553,52375,172
Netherlands1091:154,92823,054
Switzerland1061:77,4808,969
England1011:551,66433,983
Argentina501:854,86855,754
Norway461:111,78914,873
New Zealand431:105,31013,865
Chile331:533,83313,415
Ukraine321:1,422,584115,871
Thailand291:2,435,805267,220
Paraguay291:249,5434,299
Mexico261:4,774,08528,474
Belgium161:718,54060,840
Czechia141:759,53467,321
Hungary131:755,09840,181
Costa Rica121:398,3393,755
Serbia91:793,88326,061
Indonesia71:18,892,742520,071
Qatar61:393,00055,922
United Arab Emirates51:1,832,45558,414
Bulgaria51:1,395,78141,665
Sri Lanka41:5,202,14012,146
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
China41:341,830,39216,990
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Luxembourg31:193,5147,046
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Venezuela31:10,068,02660,591
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Northern Ireland21:922,51818,701
Croatia21:2,114,30285,143
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England201:1,218,76844,985
Scotland71:534,74514,325
Wales21:784,20816,349
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3071:163,57914,871

Hempel (15) may also be a first name.

Hempel Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English, German) One who came from Hempshill (Hemede’shill), in Nottinghamshire; descendant of Haginbald (hedged place, bold).

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

From heân-pol, the old pool; or the old head or promontory; or the head of the bay, port, or haven.

Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Hempel Last Name Facts

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

The last name Hempel (Georgian: ჰემპელ) occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Hempel.

How Common Is The Last Name Hempel? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 20,700th most frequent surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 275,960 people. Hempel is mostly found in Europe, where 81 percent of Hempel are found; 77 percent are found in Western Europe and 77 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Hempel is also the 2,900,335th most frequently held first name globally It is held by 15 people.

It is most common in Germany, where it is held by 19,920 people, or 1 in 4,041. In Germany Hempel is most common in: Saxony, where 27 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 11 percent are found and Thuringia, where 9 percent are found. Apart from Germany this last name exists in 59 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 14 percent are found and South Africa, where 1 percent are found.

Hempel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Hempel has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Hempel surname grew 1,185 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 505 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it fell 71 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Hempel Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is principally Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Hempel surname are 13.12% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 59.89% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Hempel earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 3.92% more than the national average, earning 359,645 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 43.55% more than the national average, earning R 341,136 per year; in United States they earn 13.95% more than the national average, earning $49,168 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.74% more than the national average, earning $54,523 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Heimpel921,155/
Hempell92124/
Hempelt9277/
Hemmpel9218/
Haempel925/
Chempel923/
Hempiel920/
Empel91454/
Hempl9153/
Heimpell8660/
Chempiel8615/
Hempfiel861/
Hampel8319,932/
Himpel831,055/
Gempel83427/
Hympel8357/
Empiel8353/
Hämpel8324/
Empell836/
Henpel833/
Hompel832/
Heimpl831/
Empl80892/
Hempelová8015/
Chiempiel801/
Hempill7784/
Chempil7716/
Hampell773/
Heinpel772/
Himmpel771/
Hemphll770/
Hebel738,847/
Hampl734,223/
Empil731,073/
Ampel73411/
Impel7355/
Himpl7313/
Hympl739/
Heebl736/
Enpel735/
Ompel732/
Emplt731/
Hämpl731/
Ohmpl731/
Hemplová7121/
Hempfill711/
Chebel674,412/
Gimpel673,242/
Heibel672,378/
Hiebel671,135/
Heubel67755/
Himpil67101/
Heabel6755/
Heybel6743/
Impiel6738/
Gempil6734/
Hebell6733/
Impell6727/
Hebelt6720/
Ampoel6715/
Khebel676/
Hampil676/
Hanpel674/
Jimpel673/
Ehbeel671/
Heebel671/
Hybeel671/
Empill671/
Hompil671/
Empled671/
Enpiel671/
Ampiel671/
Hesbel671/
Genpel670/
Heeble670/
Emplet670/

Hempel Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Hempel in the Georgian language
ჰემპელhempel-

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