# Hummel (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/hummel/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 14,715 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,453 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 20,982 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.1% (14,878 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hummel in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 96% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hummel in the United States.

## People named Hummel

- Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Austrian composer and pianist (1778–1837)
- Robbie Hummel, American basketball player (born 1989)
- Joye Hummel, American comics writer (1924-2021)
- Arthur W. Hummel, American sinologist and missionary (1884-1975)
- Maggie Stiefvater, American novelist (born 1981)
- Zola Jesus, American singer-songwriter

## Similar surnames

Hamel, Hammel, Hymel, Hummell, Hommel, Hammell, Henley, Hanley, Hamill, Hunley, Hamil, Hammill.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.