How common is the surname Hemenway?

2,811 people in the United States had the surname Hemenway in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 109,835 Americans. It ranked 11,248th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hemenway?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Hemenway identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Hemenway?

James A. Hemenway, American politician (1860-1923).

Where is the surname Hemenway most common?

Wikidata records people named Hemenway in the United States.

Is the surname Hemenway getting more or less common?

More common. 2,650 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,811 in 2010, up 6.1%.

The surname Hemenway

A surname, carried by 2,811 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex H550

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hemenway is more common than 93.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,811 people named Hemenway in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 109,835 Americans. That is up 6.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,650.

#11,248

rank among US surnames

2,811

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+6.1%

change since 2000 (was #11,009)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,241	Scoville	2,812	109,796
#11,248	Hemenway	2,811	109,835
#11,250	Stucker	2,810	109,874
#11,256	Craighead	2,809	109,913
#11,257	Sterrett	2,808	109,952

Who is named Hemenway

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

93% of people named Hemenway identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 2.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hemenways

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

James A. Hemenway
American politician (1860-1923)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hemenway

Heenan

Hemenway has the Soundex code H550, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H550.

Questions

How common is the surname Hemenway?: 2,811 people in the United States had the surname Hemenway in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 109,835 Americans. It ranked 11,248th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hemenway?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Hemenway identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Hemenway?: James A. Hemenway, American politician (1860-1923).
Where is the surname Hemenway most common?: Wikidata records people named Hemenway in the United States.
Is the surname Hemenway getting more or less common?: More common. 2,650 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,811 in 2010, up 6.1%.