How common is the surname Hammock?

7,222 people in the United States had the surname Hammock in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 42,751 Americans. It ranked 4,877th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Hammock getting more or less common?

Less common. 7,287 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,222 in 2010, down 0.9%.

The surname Hammock

A surname, carried by 7,222 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hammock is more common than 97% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,222 people named Hammock in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 42,751 Americans. That is down 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,287.

#4,877

rank among US surnames

7,222

people in 2010

2.5

per 100,000 Americans

-0.9%

change since 2000 (was #4,482)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,868	Molloy	7,238	42,656
#4,870	Kester	7,237	42,662
#4,871	Harwell	7,234	42,680
#4,872	Knotts	7,232	42,692
#4,873	Bobbitt	7,230	42,703
#4,874	Rosenberger	7,228	42,715
#4,875	Michels	7,225	42,733

Who is named Hammock

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

82% of people named Hammock identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 82%
Black (not Hispanic) 13%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 2.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hammock

Hammock 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 Hammock?: 7,222 people in the United States had the surname Hammock in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 42,751 Americans. It ranked 4,877th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hammock?: In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Hammock identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Hammock getting more or less common?: Less common. 7,287 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,222 in 2010, down 0.9%.