Hemsworth Surname

180,255th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,365 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Australia

Hemsworth Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Hemsworth,' a parish in West Riding of Yorks, six miles from Pontefract.

Hemsworth Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England7511:74,1928,438
Australia5661:47,6965,965
United States5181:699,72855,357
Canada3761:97,99410,662
New Zealand421:107,81714,061
Portugal381:274,16410,086
South Africa171:3,186,924115,449
Wales141:221,03813,576
Scotland51:1,070,76331,189
Northern Ireland41:461,25916,615
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Netherlands31:5,629,059132,535
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
France31:22,140,907385,998
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Greenland11:56,3791,133
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland351:126,5687,344
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4501:54,1676,487
Scotland141:267,3738,913
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States391:1,287,65971,386

Hemsworth Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Hemsworth,' a parish in West Riding of Yorks, six miles from Pontefract.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) belonging to Hemsworth (Yorks) = Hem(m)’s, or Helm’s, Estate [Old English worðS]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A parish in Yorkshire.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Yorkshire.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Hemsworth Last Name Facts

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

The last name Hemsworth is more frequently found in England than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Hemsworth? popularity and diffusion

The last name Hemsworth is the 180,255th most numerous surname globally It is held by around 1 in 3,081,415 people. The last name Hemsworth occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 36 percent of Hemsworth are found; 36 percent are found in North America and 35 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most commonly occurring in England, where it is held by 751 people, or 1 in 74,192. In England it is primarily concentrated in: West Yorkshire, where 19 percent reside, South Yorkshire, where 10 percent reside and East Riding of Yorkshire, where 9 percent reside. Besides England this last name occurs in 31 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 24 percent reside and The United States, where 22 percent reside.

Hemsworth Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Hemsworth has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Hemsworth last name increased 167 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it increased 1,328 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Scotland it fell 64 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Hemsworth Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is primarily Catholic (63%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Hemsworth surname are 1.67% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 54.9% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Hemsworth earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 6.05% more than the national average, earning R 252,012 per year; in United States they earn 11.5% more than the national average, earning $48,110 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.81% more than the national average, earning $51,080 CAD per year.

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