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    The surname Hammill

    A surname, carried by 1,907 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H540

    Hammill: #15,380 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hammill #15,380, 1,907 people Hammill: #15,380 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hammill #15,380, 1,907 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hammill is more common than 90.5% of them.

    Origin

    Variant of Hamill.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,907 people named Hammill in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 161,901 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,683.

    #15,380
    rank among US surnames
    1,907
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +13.3%
    change since 2000 (was #15,870)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,380Tolleson1,907161,901
    #15,386Leet1,906161,986

    Who is named Hammill

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

    94% of people named Hammill identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%
    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 Hammill

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname Hammill come from?
    Variant of Hamill.
    How common is the surname Hammill?
    1,907 people in the United States had the surname Hammill in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 161,901 Americans. It ranked 15,380th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hammill?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Hammill identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Hammill getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,683 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,907 in 2010, up 13%.