The Hammonds surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 12,710 people carried this name — #2,839 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 23,200 people counted. That is up 4% from 12,238 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Hammonds surname

Patronymic from Hammond.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Hammonds» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

As an English and Welsh surname

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

His entry covers Hammons and Hammonds.

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, Hammonds 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

Hammonds in American newspapers,
1929.

Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Hammonds
Evening Star 1929-03-10

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

In print

Hammonds in Australian newspapers,
1820s–1970s.

868 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hammonds. The most, 118, date from the 1870s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 1.9 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 371
New South Wales 243
Queensland 146
Western Australia 52
South Australia 28
Tasmania 25
ACT (Canberra) 3

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

Who carried it

People named Hammonds,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Denys Huntingford Hammonds
    Denys Huntingford Hammonds 1888–1918 · military officer
  • Edwin Hammonds 1846–1933 · teacher
  • Margaret Hammonds 1852–1931

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Hammonds,
in the records of 4 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 States574 records

574 records of the Hammonds name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 380
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 145
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 21
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 13
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 7
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Herman L. Hammonds

    Born 1910 in Kansas. Enlisted 1943 at Indianapolis, Indiana; machine shop worker. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1995, buried at Oaklawn Cemetery, North Manchester, Indiana.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record James L. Hammonds

    Born 1932; from Jones County, Mississippi. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1951 in North Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Elizabeth Hammonds

    Arrived at New York in 1856 aboard the John J. Boyd from Liverpool, aged 19; servant. From England.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 574 records for Hammonds in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · 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, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · 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); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia29 records

29 records of the Hammonds name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 19
  • Tasmanian Names Index 5
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 3
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 2
  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 Eli Hammonds

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Surrey, sailing from London in 1829. Native of Whetstone, Leicestershire. Applied for permission to marry in Van Diemen's Land in 1847. Married 1847 in Hobart, Tasmania, aged 33.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Thos Hammonds

    Arrived in Victoria in 1857 aboard the White Star, aged 27; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Ivy Winifred Hammonds

    Gentlewoman of Hampton, Victoria; died 1989.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 29 records for Hammonds in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

United Kingdom6 records

6 records of the Hammonds name in the United Kingdom
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 4
  • Welsh wills index cards 2
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Eva Hammonds

    Will proved in 1933; of Colwyn Bay, Denbigh.

    National Library of Wales, Wills Index Cards (CC0)
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record C. B. Hammonds

    York and Lancaster Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record William Henry Hammonds

    Will proved in 1940; of Colwyn Bay, Denbigh.

    National Library of Wales, Wills Index Cards (CC0)

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

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · National Library of Wales, Wills Index Cards (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Hammonds name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Christopher Hammonds

    Married 1881 in Kings, Nova Scotia.

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

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

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