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    The surname Hammon

    A surname, carried by 4,424 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H550

    Hammon: #7,520 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hammon #7,520, 4,424 people Hammon: #7,520 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hammon #7,520, 4,424 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hammon is more common than 95.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,424 people named Hammon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 69,789 Americans. That is up 7.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,109.

    #7,520
    rank among US surnames
    4,424
    people in 2010
    1.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.7%
    change since 2000 (was #7,473)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,511Seger4,43469,631
    #7,512More4,43269,663
    #7,513McQuade4,43069,694
    #7,514Duquette4,42969,710
    #7,515Shuster4,42869,726
    #7,516Hans4,42769,741
    #7,517Eldredge4,42669,757

    Who is named Hammon

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

    87% of people named Hammon identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 87%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 8.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Hammons

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Becky Hammon
      American-Russian basketball player and coach, born 1977
    • Jupiter Hammon
      American writer and first known published African-American author, 1711–1806

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hammon

    Hammon has the Soundex code H550, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H550.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Hammon?
    4,424 people in the United States had the surname Hammon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 69,789 Americans. It ranked 7,520th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hammon?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Hammon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Hammon?
    Becky Hammon, American-Russian basketball player and coach, followed by Jupiter Hammon.
    Where is the surname Hammon most common?
    Wikidata records people named Hammon in the United States.
    Is the surname Hammon getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,109 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,424 in 2010, up 7.7%.