Hampton Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

Hampton Name Meaning: A surname which originates from a number of forenames (mainly Norman),'Hamon'or 'Haim' meaning 'home', a similar Old German word 'Hamundr' means 'high protection'.

May be a topogrphical name referring to a settlement on a hill or someone who was a protector of something or someone.

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Buckinghamshire 5
Brecknockshire 1
Carnarvonshire 1
Cambridgeshire 19
Channel Islands 14
Cheshire 88
Cornwall 193
Cumberland 13
Derbyshire 34
Denbighshire 1
Devon 22
Dorset 10
Durham 16
Essex 88
Glamorgan 21
Gloucestershire 193
Hampshire 252
Herefordshire 15
Hertfordshire 44
Hunts and Rutland 11
Isle of Man 141
Kent 26
Lancashire 217
Leicestershire 11
Lincolnshire 4
London 540
Middlesex 63
Montgomeryshire 2
Monmouthshire 21
Northumberland 4
Norfolk 18
Nottinghamshire 13
Oxfordshire 3
Shropshire 50
Suffolk 5
Somerset 48
Surrey 157
Sussex 78
Staffordshire 442
Warwickshire 79
Westmorland 4
Wiltshire 108
Worcestershire 155
Yorkshire 43
Anglesey 0
Bedfordshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Flintshire 0
Merionethshire 0
Northamptonshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Hampton Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Hampton family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 564
Agricultural Labourer 96
Labourer 52
House Servant 43
Servant 32
Dress Maker 30
Coal Miner 28
Laundress 23
Blacksmith 21
Copper Miner 20
Gardener 17
Carpenter 16
House Maid 15
House Keeper 14
Carter 13
Wife 13
Domestic Servant 13
General Servant 13
Miner 13
Errand Boy 13
Farmer 11
Tailor 11
Gimp Hand 11
Shoe Maker 11
Bricklayer 9

Most Frequent Forenames for Hampton

Name Census Frequency
William Hampton 2,253
Mary Hampton 1,906
John Hampton 1,636
Elizabeth Hampton 1,465
Thomas Hampton 1,175
George Hampton 1,096
James Hampton 1,020
Sarah Hampton 1,011
Charles Hampton 785
Henry Hampton 672
Joseph Hampton 671
Ann Hampton 641
Eliza Hampton 629
Jane Hampton 559
Ellen Hampton 491
Annie Hampton 463
Edward Hampton 457
Frederick Hampton 400
Robert Hampton 384
Emma Hampton 378
Alice Hampton 376
Emily Hampton 360
Richard Hampton 312
Hannah Hampton 295
Margaret Hampton 284

Hampton Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Hampton 100% 32,245
2 Hempton 86% 282
3 Humpton 86% 262
4 Hompton 86% 117
5 Himpton 86% 116

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The surname Hampton is the most popular version of all its varients

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