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    The surname Hamburger

    A surname, carried by 1,575 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex H516

    Hamburger: #17,784 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hamburger #17,784, 1,575 people Hamburger: #17,784 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hamburger #17,784, 1,575 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hamburger is more common than 89% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,575 people named Hamburger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 196,029 Americans. That is up 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,524.

    #17,784
    rank among US surnames
    1,575
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.3%
    change since 2000 (was #17,158)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,775Willner1,576195,905
    #17,784Mallari1,575196,029
    #17,789Lafortune1,574196,153

    Who is named Hamburger

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

    94% of people named Hamburger identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.1%
    • Two or more races 0.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Hamburgers

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Ernst W. Hamburger
      Brazilian physicist, 1933–2018

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hamburger

    Hamburger has the Soundex code H516, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H516.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Hamburger?
    1,575 people in the United States had the surname Hamburger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 196,029 Americans. It ranked 17,784th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hamburger?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Hamburger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Hamburger?
    Ernst W. Hamburger, Brazilian physicist.
    Where is the surname Hamburger most common?
    Wikidata records people named Hamburger in Brazil.
    Is the surname Hamburger getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,524 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,575 in 2010, up 3.3%.