How common is the surname Hamza?

1,035 people in the United States had the surname Hamza in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 298,305 Americans. It ranked 24,237th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Hamza getting more or less common?

More common. 555 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,035 in 2010, up 87%.

Is Hamza also a first name?

Yes. Hamza is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Hamza

An Arabic surname, carried by 1,035 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H520 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hamza is more common than 85.1% of them.

Origin

Arabic origin

From Arabic حَمْزَة (ḥamza, literally “lion”), from the Arabic root ح م ز (ḥ m z).

One of 179 Arabic surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,035 people named Hamza in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 298,305 Americans. That is up 87% since 2000, when the Census counted 555.

#24,237

rank among US surnames

1,035

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+86.5%

change since 2000 (was #37,688)

Who is named Hamza

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

56% of people named Hamza identified as white (not Hispanic), 22% as Black (not Hispanic) and 14% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 56%
Black (not Hispanic) 22%
Asian and Pacific Islander 14%
Two or more races 4.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Hamzah

Surnames that sound like Hamza

Hammack

Hamza has the Soundex code H520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H520.

Other Arabic surnames

All 179 Arabic surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Hamza come from?: From Arabic حَمْزَة (ḥamza, literally “lion”), from the Arabic root ح م ز (ḥ m z).
How common is the surname Hamza?: 1,035 people in the United States had the surname Hamza in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 298,305 Americans. It ranked 24,237th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hamza?: In the 2010 Census, 56% of people named Hamza identified as white (not Hispanic), and 22% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Hamza getting more or less common?: More common. 555 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,035 in 2010, up 87%.
What are other spellings of Hamza?: Hamzah.
Is Hamza also a first name?: Yes. Hamza is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.