The Hamburger surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,575 people carried this name — #17,784 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 188,700 people counted. That is up 3% from 1,524 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
141 people named Hamburger live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in St. Gallen.
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.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 111 people named Hamburger.
16 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Who carried it
People named Hamburger,
with a public archive behind them.
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Édouard Hamburger d. 1886 · stage actor -
Aaron Hart 1670–1756 · rabbi -
Asher Hamburger 1821–1897 · businessperson -
Pessel Moses Hamburger d. 1789
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Wolfgang Hamburger 1809–1873 · physician
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Itzig Zacharias Hamburger 1811–1898 · cloth merchant
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Hamburger.
- Halter 4,349 · U.S. census
- Ham 16,980 · U.S. census
- Hamada 1,965 · U.S. census
- Haman 2,974 · U.S. census
- Hamann 6,078 · U.S. census
- Hamant 148 · U.S. census
- Hamdani 270 · U.S. census
- Hamdi 299 · U.S. census
- Hamed 2,178 · U.S. census
- Hamel 10,944 · U.S. census
- Hamelin 996 · U.S. census
- Hameline 115 · U.S. census
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