The Duhamel surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,350 people carried this name — #19,896 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 217,400 people counted. That is down 1% from 1,362 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Duhamel surname
From French Duhamel, habitational surname from Middle French du hamel (“of the hamlet”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Duhamel» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 6,838 people named Duhamel.
52 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 83 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 202 people named Duhamel live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
29 people named Duhamel live in Switzerland.
They live in 2 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Duhamel,
with a public archive behind them.
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Pasquier Duhamel d. 1565 · mathematician
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Charles Louis Bardou-Duhamel 1699–1759
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Jean Duhamel 1700–1800 · poet
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Jean-Pierre-François Guillot-Duhamel 1730–1816 · engineer
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A. B. Duhamel 1736–1800 · painter
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Jean Perrée-Duhamel 1744–1816 · politician
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Duhamel.
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