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    The surname Hemsworth

    An English place surname, carried by 403 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H526

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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). Hemsworth is more common than 68.2% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From the unattested Old English personal name *Hymel + -s- + worþ (“enclosure”).

    Hemsworth is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    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 403 people named Hemsworth in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 766,118 Americans. That is up 16% since 2000, when the Census counted 348.

    #51,610
    rank among US surnames
    403
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +15.8%
    change since 2000 (was #55,237)

    Who is named Hemsworth

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

    94% of people named Hemsworth identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    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 Hemsworths

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Chris Hemsworth
      Australian actor (born 1983)
    • Liam Hemsworth
      Australian actor (born 1990)
    • Luke Hemsworth
      Australian actor, born 1980

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Hemsworth come from?
    From the unattested Old English personal name *Hymel + -s- + worþ (“enclosure”).
    How common is the surname Hemsworth?
    403 people in the United States had the surname Hemsworth in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 766,118 Americans. It ranked 51,610th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hemsworth?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Hemsworth identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Hemsworth?
    Chris Hemsworth, Australian actor (born 1983), followed by Liam Hemsworth.
    Where is the surname Hemsworth most common?
    Wikidata records people named Hemsworth in Australia.
    What type of surname is Hemsworth?
    Hemsworth is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Hemsworth getting more or less common?
    More common. 348 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 403 in 2010, up 16%.