# Hamme (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/hamme/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Dutch.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Dutch |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 614 |
| US rank (2010) | 36,426 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 502,843 people |
| Change since 2000 | -6.3% (655 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a Dutch/West Flemish surname, reduced form of Dutch van Hamme, referring to Hamme in Belgium. See Ham. * As a German and English surname, variant of Hamm.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hamme in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 89% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 6.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Similar surnames

Hamm, Ham, Hemme, Hahm, Homme, Hane, Huynh, Hahn, Hanna, Haney, Han, Hannah.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.