Hem Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 1
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 1
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 1
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Hem Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Hem family

Profession Census Frequency
Baker In Business (assistant) 1
Milk Vendor 1
Band Boy 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Hem

Name Census Frequency
Mary Hem 11
Elizabeth Hem 8
John Hem 7
Robert Hem 6
Ann Hem 4
William Hem 4
Annie Hem 3
Eliza Hem 3
Fanny Hem 3
George Hem 3
Jane Hem 3
Martha Hem 3
Thomas Hem 3
Charles Hem 2
Charlotte Hem 2
Edward Hem 2
James Hem 2
Susan Hem 2
Priscilla Hem 1
Puis Hem 1
Reubin Hem 1
Richard Hem 1
Samuel Hem 1
Sarah Hem 1
Sidneys Hem 1

Hem Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Ham 67% 16,409
2 Hume 50% 13,838
3 Home 50% 7,499
4 Hiam 50% 1,819
5 Hame 50% 1,362
6 Hum 67% 1,111
7 Heam 75% 633
8 Heaume 50% 512
9 Hom 67% 410
10 Haime 40% 272
11 Hime 50% 256
12 Hemm 75% 195
13 Ouham 40% 166
14 Heame 60% 139
15 Haim 50% 114
16 Hem 100% 109
17 Heim 75% 100

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The surname Hem is the 16th most popular variant of Ham.

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