How common is the surname Hamby?

13,823 people in the United States had the surname Hamby in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 22,336 Americans. It ranked 2,609th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Hamby getting more or less common?

More common. 13,802 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,823 in 2010, up 0.2%.

The surname Hamby

A surname, carried by 13,823 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H510

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hamby is more common than 98.4% of them.

Origin

Perhaps a variant of either Hanby or French Hambye.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 13,823 people named Hamby in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 22,336 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 13,802.

#2,609

rank among US surnames

13,823

people in 2010

4.7

per 100,000 Americans

+0.2%

change since 2000 (was #2,409)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,600	Grier	13,868	22,263
#2,601	Pfeiffer	13,851	22,290
#2,602	Whipple	13,850	22,292
#2,604	Strauss	13,840	22,308
#2,605	Braswell	13,838	22,311
#2,606	Heaton	13,834	22,318
#2,607	Linder	13,830	22,324

Who is named Hamby

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

92% of people named Hamby identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hamby

Hamby has the Soundex code H510, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H510.

Questions

Where does the surname Hamby come from?: Perhaps a variant of either Hanby or French Hambye.
How common is the surname Hamby?: 13,823 people in the United States had the surname Hamby in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 22,336 Americans. It ranked 2,609th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hamby?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Hamby identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Hamby getting more or less common?: More common. 13,802 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,823 in 2010, up 0.2%.