The Hammerschmidt surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 1,057 people carried this name — #22,688 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 256,400 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 78 people named Hammerschmidt.
7 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Moselle.
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.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
25 people named Hammerschmidt live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Hammerschmidt.
- Hammad 723 · U.S. census
- Hamman 3,889 · U.S. census
- Hammann 836 · U.S. census
- Hamme 655 · U.S. census
- Hammel 4,886 · U.S. census
- Hammer 21,947 · U.S. census
- Hammes 2,062 · U.S. census
- Hammond 67,063 · U.S. census
- Hamon 1,778 · U.S. census
- Hamond 237 · U.S. census
- Hamoud 126 · U.S. census
- Hamouda 102 · U.S. census
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