How common is the surname Hamer?

6,783 people in the United States had the surname Hamer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 45,518 Americans. It ranked 5,158th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Hamer?

Fannie Lou Hamer, American civil rights activist (1917–1977), followed by Frank Hamer.

Where is the surname Hamer most common?

Wikidata records people named Hamer in the United States, Brazil and Belgium.

How do you pronounce Hamer?

Hamer is /ˈheɪmər/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Hamer getting more or less common?

More common. 6,526 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,783 in 2010, up 3.9%.

The surname Hamer

An English place surname, carried by 6,783 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈheɪmər/ 2 syllables Soundex H560

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hamer is more common than 96.8% of them.

Origin

English origin

* As an English surname, from the place in Lancashire, from Old English hamor (“cliff”), apparently a rare use instead of the sense for "hammer" (compare Old Norse hamarr (“stone, cliff”). * As an English surname of Norman origin, variant of Amer. * As a Dutch surname, from hamer (“hammer”). * As a German and Jewish surname, variant of the noun Hammer (“hammer”), with several Slavic derivatives.

Hamer is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,783 people named Hamer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 45,518 Americans. That is up 3.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,526.

#5,158

rank among US surnames

6,783

people in 2010

2.3

per 100,000 Americans

+3.9%

change since 2000 (was #4,942)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,150	Hutcherson	6,795	45,437
#5,151	Woodcock	6,794	45,444
#5,152	Koller	6,792	45,457
#5,153	Dionne	6,788	45,484
#5,154	Prior	6,787	45,491
#5,155	Eby	6,786	45,497
#5,156	Hetrick	6,784	45,511

Who is named Hamer

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

76% of people named Hamer identified as white (not Hispanic), 20% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 76%
Black (not Hispanic) 20%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hamers

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Fannie Lou Hamer
American civil rights activist (1917–1977)
Frank Hamer
(1884-1955) American lawman
Gustavo Hamer
Association football player, born 1997
Jean Jérôme Hamer
Belgian Roman Catholic cardinal (1916-1996)
Rusty Hamer
Actor (1947-1990)
Dean Hamer
American geneticist, born 1951
Steve Hamer
American basketball player (born 1973)

Notable Hamers come mostly from the United States (5), Brazil (1) and Belgium (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hamer

Hamer has the Soundex code H560, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H560.

Other English surnames

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Questions

Where does the surname Hamer come from?: * As an English surname, from the place in Lancashire, from Old English hamor (“cliff”), apparently a rare use instead of the sense for "hammer" (compare Old Norse hamarr (“stone, cliff”). * As an English surname of Norman origin, variant of Amer. * As a Dutch surname, from hamer (“hammer”). * As…
How common is the surname Hamer?: 6,783 people in the United States had the surname Hamer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 45,518 Americans. It ranked 5,158th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hamer?: In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Hamer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Hamer?: Fannie Lou Hamer, American civil rights activist (1917–1977), followed by Frank Hamer.
Where is the surname Hamer most common?: Wikidata records people named Hamer in the United States, Brazil and Belgium.
How do you pronounce Hamer?: Hamer is /ˈheɪmər/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Hamer?: Hamer is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Hamer getting more or less common?: More common. 6,526 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,783 in 2010, up 3.9%.