How common is the surname Hemby?

1,351 people in the United States had the surname Hemby in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 228,531 Americans. It ranked 19,885th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Hemby?

Natalie Hemby, American country music songwriter.

Where is the surname Hemby most common?

Wikidata records people named Hemby in the United States.

Is the surname Hemby getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,435 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,351 in 2010, down 5.9%.

The surname Hemby

A surname, carried by 1,351 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H510

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hemby is more common than 87.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,351 people named Hemby in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 228,531 Americans. That is down 5.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,435.

#19,885

rank among US surnames

1,351

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-5.9%

change since 2000 (was #17,952)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#19,878	Jacobowitz	1,352	228,362
#19,885	Farabaugh	1,351	228,531

Who is named Hemby

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

74% of people named Hemby identified as white (not Hispanic), 22% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 74%
Black (not Hispanic) 22%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hembys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Natalie Hemby
American country music songwriter, born 1977

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hemby

Hemby has the Soundex code H510, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H510.

Questions

How common is the surname Hemby?: 1,351 people in the United States had the surname Hemby in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 228,531 Americans. It ranked 19,885th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hemby?: In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Hemby identified as white (not Hispanic), and 22% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Hemby?: Natalie Hemby, American country music songwriter.
Where is the surname Hemby most common?: Wikidata records people named Hemby in the United States.
Is the surname Hemby getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,435 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,351 in 2010, down 5.9%.