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    The surname Hammaker

    A surname, carried by 532 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex H526

    Hammaker: #40,976 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Hammaker #40,976, 532 people Hammaker: #40,976 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Hammaker #40,976, 532 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hammaker is more common than 74.7% of them.

    Origin

    Americanized spelling of Dutch Haemmaker, or altered spelling of German Hammacher.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 532 people named Hammaker in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 580,349 Americans. That is down 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 643.

    #40,976
    rank among US surnames
    532
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -17.3%
    change since 2000 (was #33,471)

    Who is named Hammaker

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

    96% of people named Hammaker identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hammaker

    Hammaker has the Soundex code H526, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H526.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Hammaker come from?
    Americanized spelling of Dutch Haemmaker, or altered spelling of German Hammacher.
    How common is the surname Hammaker?
    532 people in the United States had the surname Hammaker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 580,349 Americans. It ranked 40,976th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hammaker?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Hammaker identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Hammaker getting more or less common?
    Less common. 643 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 532 in 2010, down 17%.