How common is the surname Hemmings?

1,567 people in the United States had the surname Hemmings in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 197,030 Americans. It ranked 17,851st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Hemmings?

Luke Hemmings, Australian singer and guitarist, followed by Nolan Hemmings.

Where is the surname Hemmings most common?

Wikidata records people named Hemmings in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Is the surname Hemmings getting more or less common?

More common. 1,408 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,567 in 2010, up 11%.

The surname Hemmings

A surname, carried by 1,567 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H552

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hemmings is more common than 89% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,567 people named Hemmings in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 197,030 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,408.

#17,851

rank among US surnames

1,567

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+11.3%

change since 2000 (was #18,216)

Who is named Hemmings

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

52% of people named Hemmings identified as white (not Hispanic), 41% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 52%
Black (not Hispanic) 41%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.5%
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 Hemmingss

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Luke Hemmings
Australian singer and guitarist, born 1996
Nolan Hemmings
British actor, born 1970
Sam Hennings
American actor, born 1950

Notable Hemmingss come mostly from Australia (1), the United Kingdom (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hemmings

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

Questions

How common is the surname Hemmings?: 1,567 people in the United States had the surname Hemmings in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 197,030 Americans. It ranked 17,851st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hemmings?: In the 2010 Census, 52% of people named Hemmings identified as white (not Hispanic), and 41% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Hemmings?: Luke Hemmings, Australian singer and guitarist, followed by Nolan Hemmings.
Where is the surname Hemmings most common?: Wikidata records people named Hemmings in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Is the surname Hemmings getting more or less common?: More common. 1,408 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,567 in 2010, up 11%.