How common is the surname Hampson?

2,653 people in the United States had the surname Hampson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 116,376 Americans. It ranked 11,801st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Hampson?

Thomas Hampson, American lyric baritone, followed by Tommy Hampson.

Where is the surname Hampson most common?

Wikidata records people named Hampson in the United Kingdom and the United States.

How do you pronounce Hampson?

Hampson is /ˈhæmp.sən/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Hampson getting more or less common?

More common. 2,485 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,653 in 2010, up 6.8%.

The surname Hampson

A surname, carried by 2,653 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈhæmp.sən/ 2 syllables Soundex H512

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hampson is more common than 92.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,653 people named Hampson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 116,376 Americans. That is up 6.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,485.

#11,801

rank among US surnames

2,653

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+6.8%

change since 2000 (was #11,590)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,793	Leavell	2,656	116,245
#11,797	Borman	2,655	116,288
#11,799	Janda	2,654	116,332
#11,801	Feagin	2,653	116,376
#11,804	McEwan	2,652	116,420
#11,807	Woodburn	2,651	116,464

Who is named Hampson

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

93% of people named Hampson identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hampsons

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Thomas Hampson
American lyric baritone, born 1955
Tommy Hampson
British athlete (1907-1965)
Joan Barry
British actress (1903-1989)

Notable Hampsons come mostly from the United Kingdom (2) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hampson

Hampshire

Hampson has the Soundex code H512, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H512.

Questions

How common is the surname Hampson?: 2,653 people in the United States had the surname Hampson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 116,376 Americans. It ranked 11,801st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hampson?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Hampson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Hampson?: Thomas Hampson, American lyric baritone, followed by Tommy Hampson.
Where is the surname Hampson most common?: Wikidata records people named Hampson in the United Kingdom and the United States.
How do you pronounce Hampson?: Hampson is /ˈhæmp.sən/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Hampson getting more or less common?: More common. 2,485 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,653 in 2010, up 6.8%.