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    The surname Hammonds

    A patronymic surname, carried by 12,710 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H553

    Hammonds: #2,839 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Hammonds #2,839, 12,710 people Hammonds: #2,839 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hammonds #2,839, 12,710 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hammonds is more common than 98.3% of them.

    Origin

    Patronymic from Hammond.

    Hammonds is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 12,710 people named Hammonds in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 24,292 Americans. That is up 3.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,238.

    #2,839
    rank among US surnames
    12,710
    people in 2010
    4.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.9%
    change since 2000 (was #2,700)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,830Crisp12,74124,232
    #2,831Gillette12,72424,265
    #2,832Stock12,72224,269
    #2,833Messina12,71724,278
    #2,836Angulo12,71424,284
    #2,837Amato12,71324,286
    #2,838Wendt12,71224,288

    Who is named Hammonds

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

    57% of people named Hammonds identified as white (not Hispanic), 30% as Black (not Hispanic) and 8.0% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

    • White (not Hispanic) 57%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 30%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 8.0%
    • Two or more races 2.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hammonds

    Hammonds has the Soundex code H553, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H553.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Hammonds come from?
    Patronymic from Hammond.
    How common is the surname Hammonds?
    12,710 people in the United States had the surname Hammonds in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 24,292 Americans. It ranked 2,839th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hammonds?
    In the 2010 Census, 57% of people named Hammonds identified as white (not Hispanic), and 30% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Hammonds?
    Hammonds is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Hammonds getting more or less common?
    More common. 12,238 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,710 in 2010, up 3.9%.