# Hemphill (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/hemphill/  
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 | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 13,495 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,672 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 22,879 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.4% (13,054 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hemphill 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) | 61% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 34% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hemphill in the United States.

## People named Hemphill

- Julius Hemphill, American saxophonist (1938-1995)
- John Hemphill, American politician (1803-1862)
- Jessie Mae Hemphill, American country blues guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist (1923–2006)
- Essex Hemphill, American poet and writer (1957–1995)

## Similar surnames

Hempel, Hamblin, Humble, Hamblen, Hambleton, Hannibal, Hampel, Hambly, Humbles.

## 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.