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    The surname Hamil

    A surname, carried by 2,198 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H540

    Hamil: #13,764 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hamil #13,764, 2,198 people Hamil: #13,764 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hamil #13,764, 2,198 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hamil 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 2,198 people named Hamil in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 140,467 Americans. That is up 6.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,059.

    #13,764
    rank among US surnames
    2,198
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.8%
    change since 2000 (was #13,536)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,759Baumer2,199140,403
    #13,764Bizzell2,198140,467
    #13,771Badgley2,197140,531

    Who is named Hamil

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

    84% of people named Hamil identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 84%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 4.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 2.2%
    • Two or more races 1.9%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hamil

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Hamil?
    2,198 people in the United States had the surname Hamil in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 140,467 Americans. It ranked 13,764th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hamil?
    In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Hamil identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Hamil getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,059 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,198 in 2010, up 6.8%.