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    The surname Hamar

    A place surname, carried by 524 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H560

    Hamar: #41,501 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Hamar #41,501, 524 people Hamar: #41,501 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Hamar #41,501, 524 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hamar is more common than 74.4% of them.

    Origin

    * 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.

    Hamar is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 524 people named Hamar in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 589,209 Americans. That is down 7.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 566.

    #41,501
    rank among US surnames
    524
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -7.4%
    change since 2000 (was #37,094)

    Who is named Hamar

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

    91% of people named Hamar identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hamar

    Hamar has the Soundex code H560, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H560.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Hamar come from?
    * 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.
    How common is the surname Hamar?
    524 people in the United States had the surname Hamar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 589,209 Americans. It ranked 41,501st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hamar?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Hamar identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    What type of surname is Hamar?
    Hamar is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Hamar getting more or less common?
    Less common. 566 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 524 in 2010, down 7.4%.