# Hammer (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 21,709 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,661 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 14,222 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.1% (21,947 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Shortened West Ham + -er, with a pun on hammer.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hammer 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) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hammer in the United States.

## People named Hammer

- Armie Hammer, American actor (born 1986)
- Armand Hammer, American businessman (1898–1990)
- Barbara Hammer, American filmmaker (1939-2019)
- Sarah Hammer, American racing cyclist
- Michael Martin Hammer, American academic (1948–2008)
- Peter L. Hammer, American mathematician (1936-2006)
- Nicole Hernandez Hammer, American climate researcher

## Similar surnames

Hamer, Homer, Hummer, Hemmer, Hamre, Haymore, Hamar, Hanner, Hamner, Haner, Hayner, Henry.

## 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.