How common is the surname Haman?

2,974 people in the United States had the surname Haman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 103,815 Americans. It ranked 10,736th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Haman?

In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Haman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Is the surname Haman getting more or less common?

More common. 2,332 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,974 in 2010, up 28%.

The surname Haman

A surname, carried by 2,974 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H550

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Haman is more common than 93.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,974 people named Haman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 103,815 Americans. That is up 28% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,332.

#10,736

rank among US surnames

2,974

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+27.5%

change since 2000 (was #12,244)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,728	Spoon	2,977	103,710
#10,729	Lumley	2,976	103,745
#10,731	DeFilippo	2,975	103,780
#10,736	Haman	2,974	103,815
#10,739	Arends	2,972	103,885
#10,743	Fifer	2,971	103,920

Who is named Haman

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

85% of people named Haman identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 4.1% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 85%
Asian and Pacific Islander 5.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 2.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Haman

Haman has the Soundex code H550, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H550.

Questions

How common is the surname Haman?: 2,974 people in the United States had the surname Haman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 103,815 Americans. It ranked 10,736th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Haman?: In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Haman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Is the surname Haman getting more or less common?: More common. 2,332 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,974 in 2010, up 28%.