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    The surname Hammell

    A surname, carried by 1,066 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H540

    Hammell: #23,737 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Hammell #23,737, 1,066 people Hammell: #23,737 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Hammell #23,737, 1,066 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hammell is more common than 85.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,066 people named Hammell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 289,630 Americans. That is down 18% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,300.

    #23,737
    rank among US surnames
    1,066
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    -18%
    change since 2000 (was #19,285)

    Who is named Hammell

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

    92% of people named Hammell identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hammell

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Hammell?
    1,066 people in the United States had the surname Hammell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 289,630 Americans. It ranked 23,737th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hammell?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Hammell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Hammell getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,300 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,066 in 2010, down 18%.