The Hammon surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,424 people carried this name — #7,520 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 66,700 people counted. That is up 8% from 4,109 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Hammon surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a baptismal name, from a given name: ‘the son of Hamon’.

His entry covers Hammon, Hammond and Hamondson.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 353 · public domain.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

In 1790, Hammon was counted together with Hammond: 399 families in all.

Each family is counted by its head. About 2,296 people lived in those households, 5.8 to a family on average. The census counted these spellings together: Hammond, Haman, Hamman, Hammand, Hammant, Hammen, Hammon, Hammonds, Hammons, Hamon, Hamond, Hamons. 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

Massachusetts 112
New York 42
North Carolina 41
Maryland 38
Maine 26
Pennsylvania 26
Virginia 25
Connecticut 20
South Carolina 19
Rhode Island 18
Vermont 17
New Hampshire 13

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

Hammon in American newspapers,
1916.

Newspaper page from The Lusk Herald carrying the name Hammon
The Lusk Herald 1916-09-14
Newspaper page from Wauwatosa News carrying the name Hammon
Wauwatosa News 1916-09-08
Newspaper page from The Crook County Monitor carrying the name Hammon
The Crook County Monitor 1916-10-26

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Hammon in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1970s.

1,435 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hammon. The most, 258, 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 1.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 596
Victoria 462
Queensland 191
Western Australia 90
South Australia 56
Tasmania 28
ACT (Canberra) 6

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

Who carried it

People named Hammon,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Micky Hammon d. 2026 · politician
  • Jupiter Hammon 1711–1806 · poet
  • John Hammon 1872–1935
  • Percy V. Hammon 1873–1958 · politician
  • William Hammon 1904–1989 · physician

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Hammon,
in the records of 8 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 States317 records

317 records of the Hammon name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 106
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 79
  • Other U.S. records 132
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Milton D. Hammon

    Born 1909 in Idaho. Enlisted 1942 at Pocatello; farm hand from Jefferson County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at Ucon Cemetery, Idaho.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Anne Hammon

    Arrived at New York in 1847 aboard the Oxford from Liverpool, aged 20; servant. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record John Hammon

    U.S. Army veteran of the Revolutionary War. Born 1760, died 1868; buried at Mussel Shoals Baptist Church Cemetery, Shelbyville, Kentucky.

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

Showing 3 of 317 records for Hammon in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Australia95 records

95 records of the Hammon name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 33
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 25
  • Other Australian records 37
  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 Robert Goodwin Hammon

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Atlas, arriving 1816; ticket of leave 1829.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  2. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record H. Telford Hammon

    Enlisted in 1916 with the 39th Battalion. Honoured on the Ballarat Avenue of Honour.

    City of Ballarat, Avenue of Honour Plaques (CC BY 3.0 AU)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Eliza Hammon

    Arrived in Queensland in 1872 aboard the Indus, aged 39.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 95 records for Hammon in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · City of Ballarat, Avenue of Honour Plaques (CC BY 3.0 AU) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). 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); Livre d’or of the war dead, Paris, Ministère des pensions, Archives nationales (CC0); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Germany38 records

38 records of the Hammon name in Germany
  • Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919 37
  • German emigration and citizenship files 1
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Max Hammon

    Born 1896; from Lehesten, Saalfeld. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 2 January 1917.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Margaretha Hammon

    Left Zoppaten as an emigrant in 1861.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Staatsarchiv Bamberg (CC0)
  3. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Johann Hammon

    From Bayreuth. Reported wounded in the Bavarian casualty list of 20 May 1915; then reported dead in the list of 19 January 1917 (Infantry Regiment No. 7).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Showing 3 of 38 records for Hammon in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0) · Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0); Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0).

Canada30 records

30 records of the Hammon name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 25
  • Ontario immigration records, 1865–1883 3
  • Other Canadian records 2
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Annie Hammon

    Died 1939 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Nelson Hammon

    Married 1833 in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Barbara Hammon

    Married 1826 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 30 records for Hammon in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

New Zealand9 records

9 records of the Hammon name in New Zealand Christchurch City cemetery records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record James Thomas Hammon

    Died 1921, aged 78; buried at Sydenham Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Edward Grosvenor Hammon

    Died 1945, aged 61; buried at Bromley Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Warren Charles Hammon

    Died 1984, aged 55; buried at Ruru Lawn, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 9 records for Hammon in New Zealand.

Counts: Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

Netherlands7 records

7 records of the Hammon name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 5
  • Dutch population registers 2
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Margareta Hammon

    Married in 1706 in Bergen op Zoom; born in Arnhem.

    Open Archives, West Brabants Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Saemmeul Hammon

    Buried in 1689 in Rotterdam.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register C. Maria Hammon

    In the population register of Vlissingen; born 1806 in Oost Vriesland.

    Open Archives, Zeeuws Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 7 records for Hammon in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

United Kingdom6 records

6 records of the Hammon name in the United Kingdom
  • St James's burial ground, Euston (London), 1789–1853 4
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 2
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Amelia Hammon

    Buried in 1832 at St James's burial ground, Euston, London, aged 35.

    MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record W. Hammon

    London Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  3. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record C. F. Hammon

    The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Showing 3 of 6 records for Hammon in the United Kingdom.

Counts: MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0); C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

France6 records

6 records of the Hammon 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 Herve Georges Gilali Hammon

    Born 1952 in Paris; died 1995 in Saint-Martin-du-Tertre (Val-d'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 Lucette Georgette Hammon

    Born 1932 in Paris; died 1998 in Villeneuve-la-Garenne (Hauts-de-Seine).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Ahmed Hammon

    Born 1927 in Escaudain (Nord); died 1996 in Doullens (Somme).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 6 records for Hammon 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).

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