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    The surname Hemp

    A surname, carried by 766 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex H510

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hemp is more common than 81.2% of them.

    Origin

    * As a German surname, pet form of the old Germanic name Hembrecht, composed of *haim (“home”) and *berht (“bright”). * As an English surname, variant of Hamp.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 766 people named Hemp in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 403,062 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 768.

    #30,477
    rank among US surnames
    766
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    -0.3%
    change since 2000 (was #29,069)

    Who is named Hemp

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

    92% of people named Hemp identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hemp

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname Hemp come from?
    * As a German surname, pet form of the old Germanic name Hembrecht, composed of *haim (“home”) and *berht (“bright”). * As an English surname, variant of Hamp.
    How common is the surname Hemp?
    766 people in the United States had the surname Hemp in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 403,062 Americans. It ranked 30,477th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hemp?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Hemp identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Hemp getting more or less common?
    Less common. 768 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 766 in 2010, down 0.3%.