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    The surname Hemming

    An English surname, carried by 1,891 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H552

    Hemming: #15,483 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hemming #15,483, 1,891 people Hemming: #15,483 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hemming #15,483, 1,891 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hemming is more common than 90.5% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    * 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.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,891 people named Hemming in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 163,271 Americans. That is up 6.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,774.

    #15,483
    rank among US surnames
    1,891
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.6%
    change since 2000 (was #15,225)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,477Parga1,892163,185
    #15,483Gridley1,891163,271

    Who is named Hemming

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

    90% of people named Hemming identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Hemmings

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Lindy Hemming
      British costume designer, born 1948

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    Surnames that sound like Hemming

    Hemming has the Soundex code H552, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H552.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Hemming come from?
    * 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…
    How common is the surname Hemming?
    1,891 people in the United States had the surname Hemming in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 163,271 Americans. It ranked 15,483rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hemming?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Hemming identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Hemming?
    Lindy Hemming, British costume designer.
    Where is the surname Hemming most common?
    Wikidata records people named Hemming in the United Kingdom.
    Is the surname Hemming getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,774 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,891 in 2010, up 6.6%.