How common is the surname Hamp?

1,071 people in the United States had the surname Hamp in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 288,278 Americans. It ranked 23,662nd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Hamp getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,194 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,071 in 2010, down 10%.

The surname Hamp

An English surname, carried by 1,071 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex H510

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hamp is more common than 85.4% of them.

Origin

English origin

* As an English surname, of various origins, including the suburb Hamp in Somerset, from the source of the suffix -ham (“closed in land”) and a variant of Hamm, or from Middle English hemp (“hemp”). * As a German surname, variant of Hampe.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,071 people named Hamp in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 288,278 Americans. That is down 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,194.

#23,662

rank among US surnames

1,071

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-10.3%

change since 2000 (was #20,618)

Who is named Hamp

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

75% of people named Hamp identified as white (not Hispanic), 19% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 75%
Black (not Hispanic) 19%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 2.6%

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 Hamp

Hamp has the Soundex code H510, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H510.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Hamp come from?: * As an English surname, of various origins, including the suburb Hamp in Somerset, from the source of the suffix -ham (“closed in land”) and a variant of Hamm, or from Middle English hemp (“hemp”). * As a German surname, variant of Hampe.
How common is the surname Hamp?: 1,071 people in the United States had the surname Hamp in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 288,278 Americans. It ranked 23,662nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hamp?: In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Hamp identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Hamp getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,194 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,071 in 2010, down 10%.