How common is the surname Hamada?

1,965 people in the United States had the surname Hamada in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 157,122 Americans. It ranked 15,033rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Hamada?

Walter Hamada, American film producer and executive, followed by Reiko Dan.

Where is the surname Hamada most common?

Wikidata records people named Hamada in the United States and Japan.

Is the surname Hamada getting more or less common?

More common. 1,842 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,965 in 2010, up 6.7%.

The surname Hamada

A Japanese surname, carried by 1,965 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex H530

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hamada is more common than 90.7% of them.

Origin

Japanese origin

Borrowed from Japanese 浜田 (Hamada).

One of 123 Japanese surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,965 people named Hamada in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 157,122 Americans. That is up 6.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,842.

#15,033

rank among US surnames

1,965

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+6.7%

change since 2000 (was #14,783)

Who is named Hamada

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

57% of people named Hamada identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 28% as white (not Hispanic) and 9.3% as two or more races.

Asian and Pacific Islander 57%
White (not Hispanic) 28%
Two or more races 9.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

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

Famous Hamadas

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Walter Hamada
American film producer and executive, born 1968
Reiko Dan
Actress (1935-2003)

Notable Hamadas come mostly from the United States (1) and Japan (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hamada

Hamada has the Soundex code H530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H530.

Other Japanese surnames

All 123 Japanese surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Hamada come from?: Borrowed from Japanese 浜田 (Hamada).
How common is the surname Hamada?: 1,965 people in the United States had the surname Hamada in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 157,122 Americans. It ranked 15,033rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hamada?: In the 2010 Census, 57% of people named Hamada identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 28% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Hamada?: Walter Hamada, American film producer and executive, followed by Reiko Dan.
Where is the surname Hamada most common?: Wikidata records people named Hamada in the United States and Japan.
Is the surname Hamada getting more or less common?: More common. 1,842 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,965 in 2010, up 6.7%.