How common is the surname Hamme?

614 people in the United States had the surname Hamme in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 502,843 Americans. It ranked 36,426th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Hamme getting more or less common?

Less common. 655 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 614 in 2010, down 6.3%.

The surname Hamme

A Dutch surname, carried by 614 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex H500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hamme is more common than 77.5% of them.

Origin

Dutch origin

* 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.

One of 167 Dutch surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 614 people named Hamme in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 502,843 Americans. That is down 6.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 655.

#36,426

rank among US surnames

614

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

-6.3%

change since 2000 (was #32,984)

Who is named Hamme

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

89% of people named Hamme identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.5% as two or more races.

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

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hamme

Hamme has the Soundex code H500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H500.

Other Dutch surnames

All 167 Dutch surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Hamme come from?: * 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.
How common is the surname Hamme?: 614 people in the United States had the surname Hamme in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 502,843 Americans. It ranked 36,426th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hamme?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Hamme identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Hamme getting more or less common?: Less common. 655 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 614 in 2010, down 6.3%.