How common is the surname Hamill?

5,781 people in the United States had the surname Hamill in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 53,407 Americans. It ranked 5,954th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hamill?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Hamill identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Hamill?

Mark Hamill, American actor (born 1951), followed by Dorothy Hamill.

Where is the surname Hamill most common?

Wikidata records people named Hamill in the United States.

Is the surname Hamill getting more or less common?

More common. 5,559 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,781 in 2010, up 4.0%.

The surname Hamill

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 5,781 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H540

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hamill is more common than 96.3% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Of multiple origins, but chiefly a reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hÁdhmaill (“descendant of Ádhmall”), a nickname from ádhmall (“active”).

Hamill is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,781 people named Hamill in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 53,407 Americans. That is up 4.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,559.

#5,954

rank among US surnames

5,781

people in 2010

2.0

per 100,000 Americans

+4%

change since 2000 (was #5,718)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,945	Palafox	5,793	53,296
#5,946	Darrow	5,791	53,315
#5,947	McGriff	5,789	53,333
#5,948	Tyrrell	5,788	53,342
#5,949	Sandifer	5,786	53,361
#5,951	Meagher	5,784	53,379
#5,953	Harkness	5,783	53,388

Who is named Hamill

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

92% of people named Hamill identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hamills

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Mark Hamill
American actor (born 1951)
Dorothy Hamill
American figure skater, born 1956
Pete Hamill
American journalist, novelist, essayist, editor and educator (1935-2020)
Matt Hamill
American martial artist, born 1976

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Hammill

Surnames that sound like Hamill

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

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Hamill come from?: Of multiple origins, but chiefly a reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hÁdhmaill (“descendant of Ádhmall”), a nickname from ádhmall (“active”).
How common is the surname Hamill?: 5,781 people in the United States had the surname Hamill in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 53,407 Americans. It ranked 5,954th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hamill?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Hamill identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Hamill?: Mark Hamill, American actor (born 1951), followed by Dorothy Hamill.
Where is the surname Hamill most common?: Wikidata records people named Hamill in the United States.
What type of surname is Hamill?: Hamill is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Hamill getting more or less common?: More common. 5,559 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,781 in 2010, up 4.0%.
What are other spellings of Hamill?: Hammill.