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    The surname Hamel

    A French surname, carried by 10,944 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H540

    Hamel: #3,294 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Hamel #3,294, 10,944 people Hamel: #3,294 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hamel #3,294, 10,944 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hamel is more common than 98% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    A surname from French [in turn from Old French].

    One of 791 French surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 10,944 people named Hamel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 28,211 Americans. That is up 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,592.

    #3,294
    rank among US surnames
    10,944
    people in 2010
    3.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.3%
    change since 2000 (was #3,129)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,285Palumbo11,00528,055
    #3,286Hartmann11,00028,068
    #3,287Dial10,99728,075
    #3,288Pino10,99328,086
    #3,289Needham10,98328,111
    #3,290Wheat10,97928,121
    #3,291Tsai10,96828,150

    Who is named Hamel

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

    93% of people named Hamel identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Hamels

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Veronica Hamel
      American actress (born 1943)
    • Eddy Hamel
      American-Dutch association football player (1902-1943)
    • Gary Hamel
      American management expert, born 1954

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hamel

    Hamel has the Soundex code H540, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H540.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Hamel come from?
    Hamel is French in origin.
    How common is the surname Hamel?
    10,944 people in the United States had the surname Hamel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 28,211 Americans. It ranked 3,294th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hamel?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Hamel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Hamel?
    Veronica Hamel, American actress (born 1943), followed by Eddy Hamel.
    Where is the surname Hamel most common?
    Wikidata records people named Hamel in the United States.
    Is the surname Hamel getting more or less common?
    More common. 10,592 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,944 in 2010, up 3.3%.