Last Name HAMPTON

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Meaning	Local: Of Hampton. There are at least thirteen parishes of this name in England, representing dioceses of Worcester, London, Hereford, Oxford, Exeter, and Lichfield. Local: The town on the hill; a village in Middlesex, England.

Origin	English, Jewish, Native American, Irish, Falkland, Belgian

Rank	451 (2000 US census)	380 (1990 US census)

Count	66,378 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

56.28%, or 37358 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
39.52%, or 26233 total occurrences, as black,
0.34%, or 226 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.65%, or 431 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.88%, or 1248 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.33%, or 883 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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