How common is the surname Duhamel?

1,350 people in the United States had the surname Duhamel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 228,700 Americans. It ranked 19,896th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Duhamel?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Duhamel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Duhamel?

Josh Duhamel, American actor and former model, followed by Fergie.

Where is the surname Duhamel most common?

Wikidata records people named Duhamel in the United States.

Is the surname Duhamel getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,362 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,350 in 2010, down 0.9%.

The surname Duhamel

A French place surname, carried by 1,350 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex D540

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Duhamel is more common than 87.7% of them.

Origin

French origin

From French Duhamel, habitational surname from Middle French du hamel (“of the hamlet”).

Duhamel is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,350 people named Duhamel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 228,700 Americans. That is down 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,362.

#19,896

rank among US surnames

1,350

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-0.9%

change since 2000 (was #18,645)

Who is named Duhamel

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

94% of people named Duhamel identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
Two or more races 1.3%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Duhamels

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Josh Duhamel
American actor and former model, born 1972
Fergie
American singer, rapper and actress, born 1975

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Duhamel

Damelio

Duhamel has the Soundex code D540, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D540.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Duhamel come from?: From French Duhamel, habitational surname from Middle French du hamel (“of the hamlet”).
How common is the surname Duhamel?: 1,350 people in the United States had the surname Duhamel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 228,700 Americans. It ranked 19,896th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Duhamel?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Duhamel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Duhamel?: Josh Duhamel, American actor and former model, followed by Fergie.
Where is the surname Duhamel most common?: Wikidata records people named Duhamel in the United States.
What type of surname is Duhamel?: Duhamel is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Duhamel getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,362 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,350 in 2010, down 0.9%.