How common is the surname Hamann?

6,078 people in the United States had the surname Hamann in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 50,797 Americans. It ranked 5,705th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hamann?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Hamann identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Hamann?

Brigitte Hamann, Austrian-German historian (1940–2016).

Where is the surname Hamann most common?

Wikidata records people named Hamann in Austria.

Is the surname Hamann getting more or less common?

More common. 5,507 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,078 in 2010, up 10%.

The surname Hamann

A surname, carried by 6,078 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). Hamann is more common than 96.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,078 people named Hamann in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 50,797 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,507.

#5,705

rank among US surnames

6,078

people in 2010

2.1

per 100,000 Americans

+10.4%

change since 2000 (was #5,758)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,697	Chaudhry	6,084	50,747
#5,700	Berndt	6,081	50,772
#5,702	Strickler	6,079	50,789
#5,705	Kuhlman	6,078	50,797
#5,707	Hilbert	6,077	50,806
#5,708	Mayers	6,076	50,814
#5,709	Paschal	6,075	50,822

Who is named Hamann

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

93% of people named Hamann identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%
Two or more races 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hamanns

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Brigitte Hamann
Austrian-German historian (1940–2016)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hamann

Hamann 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 Hamann?: 6,078 people in the United States had the surname Hamann in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 50,797 Americans. It ranked 5,705th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hamann?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Hamann identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Hamann?: Brigitte Hamann, Austrian-German historian (1940–2016).
Where is the surname Hamann most common?: Wikidata records people named Hamann in Austria.
Is the surname Hamann getting more or less common?: More common. 5,507 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,078 in 2010, up 10%.