Hamm surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Hamm surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 26,392 people carried this name — #1,216 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 10,200 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 1,476 people named Hamm.

34 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 59 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 34
Bas-Rhin 899
Moselle 191
Paris 55
Haut-Rhin 49
Marne 30
Meurthe-et-Moselle 20
Vosges 16
Gironde 16

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

112 people named Hamm live in Switzerland.

They live in 13 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 27
Aargau 15
Fribourg 13
Thurgau 12
Bern 10
Geneva 7
Lucerne 7
Valais 4

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Hamm is.
A volume says what happened to it.

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