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    The surname Hummel

    A surname, carried by 14,715 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H540

    Hummel: #2,453 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Hummel #2,453, 14,715 people Hummel: #2,453 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hummel #2,453, 14,715 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hummel is more common than 98.5% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 14,715 people named Hummel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 20,982 Americans. That is down 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 14,878.

    #2,453
    rank among US surnames
    14,715
    people in 2010
    5.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    -1.1%
    change since 2000 (was #2,244)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,444Griffiths14,80520,854
    #2,445Ireland14,80020,861
    #2,446Marion14,77720,894
    #2,447Lira14,75820,921
    #2,448Schuler14,74520,939
    #2,449Unger14,73820,949
    #2,450Mojica14,73720,950

    Who is named Hummel

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

    96% of people named Hummel identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

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

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Hummels

    6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • 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, born 1989

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hummel

    Hummel has the Soundex code H540, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H540.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Hummel?
    14,715 people in the United States had the surname Hummel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 20,982 Americans. It ranked 2,453rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hummel?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Hummel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Hummel?
    Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Austrian composer and pianist (1778–1837), followed by Robbie Hummel.
    Where is the surname Hummel most common?
    Wikidata records people named Hummel in the United States.
    Is the surname Hummel getting more or less common?
    Less common. 14,878 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,715 in 2010, down 1.1%.