Empson is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Empson
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Empson

How popular is Empson?

Empson is ranked 157044 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Empson bearers increased by 1.216545 per cent in 2010 US census to 832 since 2000, the surname slipped by 1055 spots and ranked at 28650. The last name was found in around 3 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 91.83 91.73
Black 3.25 3.28
Hispanic or Latino 2.28 2.19
Others 1.32 1.82
Empson is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in United States. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in New Zealand. Around 2369 people have been found who wears Empson as their family name. Empson is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
1,014,159 India4
108,034 Italy3
24,269 Peru2
12,161 Wales2
18,625 Japan2
17,236 Ghana1
1,818 Guernsey1
134,667 Zimbabwe1
19,533 Uruguay1
36,678 Singapore1
8,181 Botswana1
492,292 Ukraine1
37,493 Austria1
81,201 Switzerland1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
14,963 Scotland26
91,381 Spain12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
133,875 France61
Countries with hundreds of Empson:
31,882 United States918
7,927 England850
12,166 Australia227
5,808 New Zealand130
27,790 Canada123
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Empson Namesakes

    William Empson, English literary critic and poet
  • Tameka Empson, Actress
  • William Empson, Literary critic
  • William Empson, Literary critic
  • Tameka Empson, Actress
  • William Empson, Literary critic

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