The surname Hamlett
A surname, carried by 5,435 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex H543
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 5,435 people named Hamlett in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 56,807 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,265.
#6,286
rank among US surnames
5,435
people in 2010
1.8
per 100,000 Americans
+3.2%
change since 2000 (was #6,016)
Who is named Hamlett
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
61% of people named Hamlett identified as white (not Hispanic), 34% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 61%
- Black (not Hispanic) 34%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
- Two or more races 2.2%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Variant spellings
- Hamblett
Hamlett has the Soundex code H543, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H543.
Questions
- How common is the surname Hamlett?
- 5,435 people in the United States had the surname Hamlett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,807 Americans. It ranked 6,286th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Hamlett?
- In the 2010 Census, 61% of people named Hamlett identified as white (not Hispanic), and 34% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Hamlett getting more or less common?
- More common. 5,265 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,435 in 2010, up 3.2%.
- What are other spellings of Hamlett?
- Hamblett.