Hempsell Surname

1,994,173rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 88 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Hempsell Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hempsell Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia551:490,83137,357
England261:2,143,00282,017
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England351:696,43933,013

Hempsell Last Name Facts

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

The last name Hempsell occurs most in Australia. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Hempsell? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,994,173rd most widespread surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 82,813,022 people. It is predominantly found in Oceania, where 63 percent of Hempsell reside; 63 percent reside in Australasia and 63 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand.

The surname Hempsell is most widespread in Australia, where it is carried by 55 people, or 1 in 490,831. In Australia it is most common in: New South Wales, where 87 percent are found and Western Australia, where 13 percent are found. Excluding Australia this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 30 percent are found and The United States, where 5 percent are found.

Hempsell Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Hempsell has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Hempsell last name fell 26 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hempshell9427/
Empsell930/
Himpsel8020/
Hempjill755/
Hampsill751/
Henpshel750/
Himpsl71180/
Hympsl716/
Henpschel711/
Himbsel679/
Himbsl576/
Himbssl531/

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Hempsell Reference & Research

Hempsall One-name Study - A profile of the Hempsall surname with contact details for a researcher who collects any information pertaining to it.

Hempsall FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Hempsell
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis