How common is the surname Hammerschmidt?

1,090 people in the United States had the surname Hammerschmidt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 283,253 Americans. It ranked 23,354th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Hammerschmidt?

Carl Eduard Hammerschmidt, Austrian-Ottoman scientist (1801-1874).

Where is the surname Hammerschmidt most common?

Wikidata records people named Hammerschmidt in the Austrian Empire.

Is the surname Hammerschmidt getting more or less common?

More common. 1,057 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,090 in 2010, up 3.1%.

The surname Hammerschmidt

A German occupational surname, carried by 1,090 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex H562

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hammerschmidt is more common than 85.6% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Hammerschmidt (“hammer smith”). Compare the English equivalent Hammersmith.

Hammerschmidt is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,090 people named Hammerschmidt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 283,253 Americans. That is up 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,057.

#23,354

rank among US surnames

1,090

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+3.1%

change since 2000 (was #22,688)

Who is named Hammerschmidt

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

97% of people named Hammerschmidt identified as white (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.9%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hammerschmidts

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Carl Eduard Hammerschmidt
Austrian-Ottoman scientist (1801-1874)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hammerschmidt

Hammerschmidt has the Soundex code H562, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H562.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Hammerschmidt come from?: Borrowed from German Hammerschmidt (“hammer smith”). Compare the English equivalent Hammersmith.
How common is the surname Hammerschmidt?: 1,090 people in the United States had the surname Hammerschmidt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 283,253 Americans. It ranked 23,354th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hammerschmidt?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Hammerschmidt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 0.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Hammerschmidt?: Carl Eduard Hammerschmidt, Austrian-Ottoman scientist (1801-1874).
Where is the surname Hammerschmidt most common?: Wikidata records people named Hammerschmidt in the Austrian Empire.
What type of surname is Hammerschmidt?: Hammerschmidt is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Hammerschmidt getting more or less common?: More common. 1,057 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,090 in 2010, up 3.1%.