Last Name HAMPSHIRE

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Meaning	Local: Of Hallamshire, easily naturally corrupted to Hampshire. There can be no doubt about the Yorkshire Hampshires. They are descended from Hallamshire folk. Nine-tenths of Hampshires are Hallamshire. The order is Hallomshire, Halmshire, Hamshire, and (with customary intrusive 'p' after 'm,' as in Simpson or Thompson) Hampshire. Also could be local of Hampshire.

Origin	English, Irish

Rank	17,960 (2000 US census)	21,543 (1990 US census)

Count	1,434 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

91%, or 1305 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
5.58%, or 80 total occurrences, as black,
0.56%, or 8 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.42%, or 6 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
0.56%, or 8 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.88%, or 27 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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