How common is the surname Hamrick?

12,168 people in the United States had the surname Hamrick in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,374 Americans. It ranked 2,950th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Hamrick getting more or less common?

More common. 12,099 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,168 in 2010, up 0.6%.

The surname Hamrick

A surname, carried by 12,168 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H562

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hamrick is more common than 98.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 12,168 people named Hamrick in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 25,374 Americans. That is up 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,099.

#2,950

rank among US surnames

12,168

people in 2010

4.1

per 100,000 Americans

+0.6%

change since 2000 (was #2,737)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,942	Nunes	12,191	25,326
#2,943	Harley	12,186	25,336
#2,944	Talbert	12,181	25,346
#2,946	Hopson	12,180	25,349
#2,947	Waterman	12,177	25,355
#2,948	Gao	12,172	25,365
#2,949	Lantz	12,169	25,371

Who is named Hamrick

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

93% of people named Hamrick identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
Two or more races 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
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 Hamrick

Hamric

Hamrick has the Soundex code H562, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H562.

Questions

How common is the surname Hamrick?: 12,168 people in the United States had the surname Hamrick in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,374 Americans. It ranked 2,950th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hamrick?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Hamrick identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Hamrick getting more or less common?: More common. 12,099 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,168 in 2010, up 0.6%.