How common is the surname Hammer?

21,709 people in the United States had the surname Hammer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 14,222 Americans. It ranked 1,661st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hammer?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Hammer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Hammer?

Armie Hammer, American actor (born 1986), followed by Armand Hammer.

Where is the surname Hammer most common?

Wikidata records people named Hammer in the United States.

Is the surname Hammer getting more or less common?

Less common. 21,947 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 21,709 in 2010, down 1.1%.

The surname Hammer

A surname, carried by 21,709 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H560

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hammer is more common than 99% of them.

Origin

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

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 21,709 people named Hammer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 14,222 Americans. That is down 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 21,947.

#1,661

rank among US surnames

21,709

people in 2010

7.4

per 100,000 Americans

-1.1%

change since 2000 (was #1,491)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,652	Hassan	21,801	14,162
#1,653	Hadley	21,771	14,182
#1,654	Healy	21,751	14,195
#1,655	McDonough	21,739	14,202
#1,656	Shin	21,735	14,205
#1,657	Grove	21,732	14,207
#1,658	Block	21,717	14,217

Who is named Hammer

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

93% of people named Hammer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hammers

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Armie Hammer
American actor (born 1986)
Armand Hammer
American businessman (1898–1990)
Barbara Hammer
American filmmaker (1939-2019)
Sarah Hammer
American racing cyclist, born 1983
Michael Martin Hammer
American academic (1948–2008)
Peter L. Hammer
American mathematician (1936-2006)
Nicole Hernandez Hammer
American climate researcher

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hammer

Hammer has the Soundex code H560, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H560.

Questions

Where does the surname Hammer come from?: Shortened West Ham + -er, with a pun on hammer.
How common is the surname Hammer?: 21,709 people in the United States had the surname Hammer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 14,222 Americans. It ranked 1,661st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hammer?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Hammer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Hammer?: Armie Hammer, American actor (born 1986), followed by Armand Hammer.
Where is the surname Hammer most common?: Wikidata records people named Hammer in the United States.
Is the surname Hammer getting more or less common?: Less common. 21,947 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 21,709 in 2010, down 1.1%.