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The Ham surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 16,980 people carried this name — #2,133 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 17,400 people counted. That is up 7% from 15,843 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 204 people named Ham live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in City of Buenos Aires.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

City of Buenos Aires 79
Buenos Aires Province 49
La Pampa 45
Misiones 31

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 183 people named Ham.

21 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 24 départements, most often Moselle.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 21
Moselle 32
Paris 23
Savoie 18
Bas-Rhin 17
Aube 14
Rhône 6
Gers 6
Meurthe-et-Moselle 5

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

34 people named Ham live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Zurich 11
Geneva 8
Basel-Stadt 7
St. Gallen 5
Lucerne 3

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.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 24 people named Ham 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 Antwerp.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Antwerp 16
Hainaut 8

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Ham in American newspapers,
1904.

Newspaper page from The Greenville Times carrying the name Ham
The Greenville Times 1904-12-17
Newspaper page from The Greenville Times carrying the name Ham
The Greenville Times 1904-12-10
Newspaper page from The Greenville Times carrying the name Ham
The Greenville Times 1904-12-22

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,277,586 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Ham,
with a public archive behind them.

  • David Ham
    David Ham 1830–1908 · politician
  • William Ham d. 1849 · naval officer
  • Lilian May Ham d. 1976
  • George Ham d. 1824
  • Hamburim 1360–1410 · civil servant
  • Hamburim 1360–1410 · civil servant

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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