Hempshell Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Scotland

Hempshell Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hempshell Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England211:2,653,24194,788
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Hempshell Last Name Facts

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

The last name Hempshell is more commonly found in England than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Hempshell? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,798,600th most widespread last name internationally, held by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 96 percent of Hempshell live; 89 percent live in Northern Europe and 89 percent live in British Isles.

It is most commonly held in England, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 2,653,241. In England it is most frequent in: West Yorkshire, where 95 percent are found and South Yorkshire, where 5 percent are found. Aside from England this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Scotland, where 11 percent are found and Australia, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hempsell9488/
Hempshall89254/
Empsell880/
Henpshel820/
Henpschel781/
Hampshall781/
Himpsel7520/
Hempsile711/
Impseil6321/
Himbsel639/
Impseilová5315/

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Hempshell Reference & Research

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 Hempshell
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