The Hamby surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 13,823 people carried this name — #2,609 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 21,300 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (13,802).

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Hamby surname

Perhaps a variant of either Hanby or French Hambye.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Hamby» (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 21 people named Hamby.

Those born in France came from 4 départements, most often Aisne.

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

Where they were born

Aisne 9
Oise 7
Seine-et-Marne 4
Paris 1

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

In the first U.S. census, 1790

22 families named Hamby, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 110 people lived in those households, 5 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 3 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

South Carolina 14
North Carolina 7
Maryland 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 243 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Hamby in American newspapers,
1920.

Newspaper page from The West Virginia News carrying the name Hamby
The West Virginia News 1920-02-07
Newspaper page from Indiana Daily Times carrying the name Hamby
Indiana Daily Times 1920-01-29
Newspaper page from Indiana Daily Times carrying the name Hamby
Indiana Daily Times 1920-01-30

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 20,536 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Hamby in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1950s.

167 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hamby. The most, 28, date from the 1930s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Victoria, at 1.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 67
Victoria 45
Queensland 19
South Australia 19
Western Australia 10
Tasmania 3

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hamby.

Who carried it

People named Hamby,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Gordon Fawcett Hamby
    Gordon Fawcett Hamby 1894–1920
  • Thomas Hamby 1753–1829
  • George Hamby 1788–1863
  • Matilda Hamby 1831–1895
  • Jeannette Hamby 1933–2012 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Hamby,
in the records of 5 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States620 records

620 records of the Hamby name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 464
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 138
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 6
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 5
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 5
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Virgil F. Hamby

    Born 1919 in Texas. Enlisted 1941 at Fort Sam Houston; mason from Hays County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1984, buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Clyde Randall Hamby

    Born 1949; from Hayward, California. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1968 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Johnny Lee Hamby

    U.S. Army veteran. Born 1950, died 2000; buried at Galatica Cemetery, Melbourne, Arkansas.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 620 records for Hamby in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

France9 records

9 records of the Hamby name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Christiane Augustine Hamby

    Born 1922 in Néry; died 1991 in Senlis (Oise).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Alderic Richard Alphonse Hamby

    Born 1934 in Longperrier (Seine-et-Marne); died 1972 in Dourdan (Essonne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Marie-Jose Amelie Louise Hamby

    Born 1956 in Serches (Aisne); died 1976 in Paris.

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 9 records for Hamby in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Australia8 records

8 records of the Hamby name in Australia
  • Tasmanian Names Index 5
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 3
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Richard Hamby

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Arab, sailing from Portsmouth in 1834. Native of Burnley, Lancashire.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record R. W. Hamby

    Arrived in Victoria in 1921 aboard the Bahia Castillo, aged 33.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Richard Hamby

    Died 1882 in Hobart, Tasmania, aged 76.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 8 records for Hamby in Australia.

Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Canada3 records

3 records of the Hamby name in Canada City of Calgary cemetery records
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Eugene Harold Hamby

    Buried in 2000 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 78.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Albert W. Hamby

    Buried in 1935 at Burnsland Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.

Showing 2 of 3 records for Hamby in Canada.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Hamby name in the United Kingdom St James's burial ground, Euston (London), 1789–1853
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Hannah Hamby

    Buried in 1833 at St James's burial ground, Euston, London, aged 70.

    MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Counts: MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

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