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    The surname Hannum

    A surname, carried by 2,358 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H550

    Hannum: #13,023 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hannum #13,023, 2,358 people Hannum: #13,023 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hannum #13,023, 2,358 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hannum is more common than 92% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,358 people named Hannum in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 130,935 Americans. That is up 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,337.

    #13,023
    rank among US surnames
    2,358
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.9%
    change since 2000 (was #12,221)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,023Knutsen2,358130,935
    #13,029Arvin2,357130,991

    Who is named Hannum

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

    94% of people named Hannum identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Hannums

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Alex Hannum
      American basketball player and coach (1923-2002)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hannum

    Hannum has the Soundex code H550, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H550.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Hannum?
    2,358 people in the United States had the surname Hannum in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 130,935 Americans. It ranked 13,023rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hannum?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Hannum identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Hannum?
    Alex Hannum, American basketball player and coach (1923-2002).
    Where is the surname Hannum most common?
    Wikidata records people named Hannum in the United States.
    Is the surname Hannum getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,337 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,358 in 2010, up 0.9%.