The Hamelin surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 996 people carried this name — #24,961 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 294,100 people counted. That is down 5% from 1,043 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Hamelin surname
A surname, Hamelin, from German.
Borrowed from German Hameln.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Hamelin» (French), 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 3,394 people named Hamelin.
57 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 77 départements, most often Manche.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
26 people named Hamelin live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 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 Hamelin,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jean-Baptiste Hamelin 1733–1804 · military personnel -
Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin 1768–1839 · admiral -
Fortunée Hamelin 1776–1851 · salonnière -
Marie Hamelin 1822–1911 -
Rene Hamelin 1733–1808
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François Hamelin 1788–1873
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Hamelin.
- Hamant 148 · U.S. census
- Hamburger 1,575 · 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
- Hameline 115 · U.S. census
- Hamen 175 · U.S. census
- Hamer 6,783 · U.S. census
- Hames 3,633 · U.S. census
- Hamet 117 · U.S. census
- Hami 173 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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