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    The surname Hambly

    A surname, carried by 734 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H514

    Hambly: #31,516 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Hambly #31,516, 734 people Hambly: #31,516 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Hambly #31,516, 734 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hambly is more common than 80.6% of them.

    Origin

    Two main origins: * From the Norman personal name Hameley, a double diminutive of Hamo.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 734 people named Hambly in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 420,634 Americans. That is up 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 721.

    #31,516
    rank among US surnames
    734
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.8%
    change since 2000 (was #30,552)

    Who is named Hambly

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

    93% of people named Hambly identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.4%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Hamblys

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Barbara Hambly
      American fiction writer, born 1951

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Hambley

    Surnames that sound like Hambly

    Hambly has the Soundex code H514, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H514.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Hambly come from?
    Two main origins: * From the Norman personal name Hameley, a double diminutive of Hamo.
    How common is the surname Hambly?
    734 people in the United States had the surname Hambly in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 420,634 Americans. It ranked 31,516th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hambly?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Hambly identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Hambly?
    Barbara Hambly, American fiction writer.
    Where is the surname Hambly most common?
    Wikidata records people named Hambly in the United States.
    Is the surname Hambly getting more or less common?
    More common. 721 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 734 in 2010, up 1.8%.
    What are other spellings of Hambly?
    Hambley.