The Hammond surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 69,515 people carried this name — #481 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 4,240 people counted. That is up 4% from 67,063 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Hammond surname
An English surname originating as a patronymic.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Hammond» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890
Ireland registered 13 births for the Hammond name in 1890.
Most were registered in Ulster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 600 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time. The Registrar-General’s note on the name: “Donegal.”
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born, 1890
Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 81 people named Hammond live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Chubut.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 73 people named Hammond.
Most of them — 42 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Nord.
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
39 people named Hammond live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 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.
In the Nordic population registers
84 people named Hammond are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Hammond in American newspapers,
1893–1919.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 747,185 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Hammond,
with a public archive behind them.
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John Hammond d. 1663 · writer
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William Hammond d. 1603 · politician
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William Hammond d. 1575 · politician
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Samuel Hammond d. 1665 · civil servant
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Gerrie Hammond d. 1992 · politician
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William Hammond d. 1848 · actor
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Hammond.
- Hammann 839 · U.S. census
- Hamme 614 · U.S. census
- Hammel 5,146 · U.S. census
- Hammer 21,709 · U.S. census
- Hammerschmidt 1,090 · U.S. census
- Hammes 2,227 · U.S. census
- Hamon 2,031 · U.S. census
- Hamond 252 · U.S. census
- Hamoud 181 · U.S. census
- Hamouda 162 · U.S. census
- Hampe 618 · U.S. census
- Hamza 1,035 · U.S. census
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