Hepworth Surname

54,180th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,402 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Isle of Man

Hepworth Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Hepworth,' a township in the old parish of Kirkburton, near Huddersfield.

Alice de Hepworth, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Johannes de Hepworth, 1379: ibid.

Thomas de Hepworth, 1379: ibid.

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Hepworth Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4,9411:11,2771,669
United States2,5071:144,57914,959
Australia1,0161:26,5713,610
Canada4131:89,2159,827
New Zealand1041:43,5427,204
Scotland951:56,3564,696
Northern Ireland611:30,2463,146
Wales491:63,1545,613
France361:1,845,076161,051
Portugal281:372,08012,265
South Africa221:2,462,623101,019
Denmark211:268,79620,394
Thailand211:3,363,731310,277
Isle of Man91:9,5362,057
Jersey81:12,4002,398
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Finland51:1,099,34045,512
Greece51:2,215,95891,893
Israel51:1,711,52784,568
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Costa Rica31:1,593,3568,177
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland81:553,73317,655
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3,4161:7,1361,104
Scotland61:623,86916,225
Wales21:784,20816,349
Guernsey11:32,6562,283
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2601:193,14916,929

Hepworth (51) may also be a first name.

Hepworth Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Hepworth,' a township in the old parish of Kirkburton, near Huddersfield.

Alice de Hepworth, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Johannes de Hepworth, 1379: ibid.

Thomas de Hepworth, 1379: ibid.

1577-8. Henry Skydmore and Kate Warine Hepworthe: Marriage Lic. (London).

1794. Married — James Hepworth and Sarah Rook: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

(English) belonging to Hepworth = the Dog-Rose-Tree (or Briar) Farm or Messuage [v. under Heap, and + Old English worð]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A township in the W.R, of Yorkshire; also a parish in Suffolk.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Suffolk, Yorkshire Stephen de Hepworth, Chancellor of Cambridge University A.D. 1257-99. Adam de Heppeworth, Yorkshire (formerly de Belmont) assumed the name with the manor A.D. 1303.

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

The Hepworths are named after a West Riding village. Their name was well established in the parish of Ecclesfield during the reigns of Elizabeth and James I. (Ga.).

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Hepworth Last Name Facts

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

The surname Hepworth is found most frequently in England. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Hepworth? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 54,180th most numerous family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 775,106 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 56 percent of Hepworth reside; 55 percent reside in Northern Europe and 55 percent reside in British Isles. It is also the 1,396,783rd most widely held first name at a global level. It is borne by 51 people.

The last name is most commonly used in England, where it is carried by 4,941 people, or 1 in 11,277. In England Hepworth is most common in: West Yorkshire, where 28 percent are found, South Yorkshire, where 11 percent are found and Greater London, where 8 percent are found. Besides England this surname exists in 48 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 27 percent are found and Australia, where 11 percent are found.

Hepworth Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Hepworth has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Hepworth surname rose 145 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it rose 964 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 1,583 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 2,450 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 87 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Hepworth Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Hepworth surname are 32.28% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 79.05% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Hepworth earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 61.66% more than the national average, earning R 384,168 per year; in United States they earn 0.13% less than the national average, earning $43,093 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.65% more than the national average, earning $56,466 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hepworthh941/
Hespworth940/
Hephworth940/
Heapworth940/
Epworth93232/
Hepwort933/
Hipworth88176/
Hapworth8876/
Hebworth885/
Hopworth883/
Hepwerth881/
Ephworth880/
Eppworth880/
Hebwort801/
Hopword671/
Hapwert670/
Hepward670/

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