Hemsworth

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Hemsworth (countable and uncountable, plural Hemsworths)

1. A hamlet near Witchampton, east Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST9605).
2. A suburb of the City of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK3683).
3. A town and civil parish with a town council in the Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4213).
4. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hemsworth is the 51610^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 403 individuals. Hemsworth is most common among White (93.55%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hemsworth”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 162.