# Hamar (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/hamar/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 524 |
| US rank (2010) | 41,501 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 589,209 people |
| Change since 2000 | -7.4% (566 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a Hungarian surname, a nickname from hamar (“fast”). * As a Norwegian, surname, a habitational surname from hamar (“hammer; stone, cliff, crag”). * As an English surname, variant of Hamer.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hamar in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 91% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Similar surnames

Hammer, Hamer, Hamre, Haymore, Hamner, Henry, Homer, Hanner, Hiner, Hummer, Hemmer, Heiner.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.