# Hemming (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/hemming/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,891 |
| US rank (2010) | 15,483 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 163,271 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.6% (1,774 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an English, Scottish, and Swedish surname, from the Old Norse personal name Hemingr, variant of Hæmingr, itself of uncertain origin, possibly from hamr, hemingr (“form, shape; skin of an animal”). This word may have been borrowed into Old English as hemming (“a rawhide boot”). * As a German surname, variant of Hemme.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hemming in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 90% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hemming in the United Kingdom.

## People named Hemming

- Lindy Hemming, British costume designer

## Similar surnames

Hemingway, Hemmings, Hemminger, Heminger, Henning, Hammons, Henninger, Hennings, Hanning, Henningsen.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.