Empson

English

Etymology

From a reduced form of the personal name Emmett +‎ -son.

Proper noun

Empson (plural Empsons)

1. A surname transferred from the given name.

Derived terms

• Empsonian

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Empson is the 28650^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 832 individuals. Empson is most common among White (91.83%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Empson”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 527.