How common is the surname Hamed?

2,178 people in the United States had the surname Hamed in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 141,756 Americans. It ranked 13,871st of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Hamed getting more or less common?

More common. 1,393 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,178 in 2010, up 56%.

Is Hamed also a first name?

Yes. Hamed is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Hamed

A surname, carried by 2,178 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex H530

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hamed is more common than 91.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,178 people named Hamed in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 141,756 Americans. That is up 56% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,393.

#13,871

rank among US surnames

2,178

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+56.4%

change since 2000 (was #18,345)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,862	Driggs	2,180	141,626
#13,867	Flock	2,179	141,691
#13,871	Seman	2,178	141,756
#13,874	Hymes	2,177	141,822

Who is named Hamed

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

71% of people named Hamed identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 7.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 71%
Black (not Hispanic) 12%
Two or more races 7.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 5.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hamed

Hamed has the Soundex code H530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H530.

Questions

How common is the surname Hamed?: 2,178 people in the United States had the surname Hamed in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 141,756 Americans. It ranked 13,871st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hamed?: In the 2010 Census, 71% of people named Hamed identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Hamed getting more or less common?: More common. 1,393 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,178 in 2010, up 56%.
Is Hamed also a first name?: Yes. Hamed is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.