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    The surname Hammes

    A surname, carried by 2,227 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex H520

    Hammes: #13,603 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hammes #13,603, 2,227 people Hammes: #13,603 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hammes #13,603, 2,227 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hammes is more common than 91.6% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,227 people named Hammes in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 138,637 Americans. That is up 8.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,062.

    #13,603
    rank among US surnames
    2,227
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8%
    change since 2000 (was #13,513)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,597Ealey2,229138,513
    #13,600Gamblin2,228138,575
    #13,603Cassity2,227138,637
    #13,612Rowlands2,226138,700

    Who is named Hammes

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

    95% of people named Hammes identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
    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 Hammes

    Hammes has the Soundex code H520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H520.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Hammes?
    2,227 people in the United States had the surname Hammes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 138,637 Americans. It ranked 13,603rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hammes?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Hammes identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Hammes getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,062 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,227 in 2010, up 8.0%.