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    The surname Hahm

    A surname, carried by 750 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex H500

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hahm is more common than 80.9% of them.

    Origin

    * As a German surname, from the obsolete Middle High German hāme (“(standard) of measure”). * As a Korean surname, variant of Ham.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 750 people named Hahm in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 411,661 Americans. That is up 42% since 2000, when the Census counted 528.

    #30,980
    rank among US surnames
    750
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +42%
    change since 2000 (was #39,240)

    Who is named Hahm

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

    63% of people named Hahm identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 33% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as two or more races.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 63%
    • White (not Hispanic) 33%
    • Two or more races 2.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Hispanic are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hahm

    Hahm has the Soundex code H500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H500.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Hahm come from?
    * As a German surname, from the obsolete Middle High German hāme (“(standard) of measure”). * As a Korean surname, variant of Ham.
    How common is the surname Hahm?
    750 people in the United States had the surname Hahm in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 411,661 Americans. It ranked 30,980th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hahm?
    In the 2010 Census, 63% of people named Hahm identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 33% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Hahm getting more or less common?
    More common. 528 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 750 in 2010, up 42%.