The surname Hampe
A German surname, carried by 618 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex H510
Origin
German origin
Borrowed from German Hampe, from the ancient Germanic name Hampo, shortened from Haginberht, composed of *hagō (“yard, enclosure”) and *berht (“bright”).
One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 618 people named Hampe in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 499,588 Americans. That is down 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 649.
Who is named Hampe
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
93% of people named Hampe identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 93%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
- Two or more races 1.8%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 1.6%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Hampe
Hampe has the Soundex code H510, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H510.
Other German surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Hampe come from?
- Borrowed from German Hampe, from the ancient Germanic name Hampo, shortened from Haginberht, composed of *hagō (“yard, enclosure”) and *berht (“bright”).
- How common is the surname Hampe?
- 618 people in the United States had the surname Hampe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 499,588 Americans. It ranked 36,246th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Hampe?
- In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Hampe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Hampe getting more or less common?
- Less common. 649 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 618 in 2010, down 4.8%.