The Hammons surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 11,273 people carried this name — #3,206 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 26,200 people counted. That is up 2% from 11,008 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Hammons surname

Variant of Hammonds.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Hammons» (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, Hammons 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

Hammons in American newspapers,
1871–1920.

Newspaper page from Nashville Union And American carrying the name Hammons
Nashville Union And American 1871-02-08
Newspaper page from Polk County News carrying the name Hammons
Polk County News 1920-12-23
Newspaper page from The Polk County Republican carrying the name Hammons
The Polk County Republican 1914-05-01

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 28,458 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Hammons in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1930s.

57 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hammons. The most, 14, date from the 1890s. 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 1.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 23
Victoria 22
Western Australia 4
South Australia 3
Tasmania 3
Queensland 2

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

Who carried it

People named Hammons,
with a public archive behind them.

  • E. W. Hammons
    E. W. Hammons 1882–1962 · film producer
  • Foy Hammons
    Foy Hammons 1894–1961 · head coach
  • Joseph Hammons 1787–1836 · politician
  • David Hammons 1808–1888 · lawyer
  • Sherman Hammons 1903–1988

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 Hammons,
in the records of 3 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 States528 records

528 records of the Hammons name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 367
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 135
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 7
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 6
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 5
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 5
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record William H. Hammons

    Born 1921 in Missouri. Enlisted 1942 at Jefferson Barracks; filling station attendant. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1974, buried at Rock Island National Cemetery, Illinois.

    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 Luther Hammons

    Born 1949; from Corpus Christi, Texas. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1968 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam.

    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 John Hammons

    Arrived at New York in 1873 aboard the Baltic from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 20; laborer. From England.

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

Showing 3 of 528 records for Hammons in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · 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); 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).

Australia6 records

6 records of the Hammons name in Australia
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 3
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 3
  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 Charles Hammons

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the John, arriving 1827; ticket of leave 1835. Native of Somersetshire.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record A. W. Hammons

    Arrived in Victoria in 1892 aboard the Ballaarat, aged 29.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. 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 Charles Hammons

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the John, arriving 1827.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)

Showing 3 of 6 records for Hammons in Australia.

Counts: Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). 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).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Hammons 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 Jennie L. Hammons

    Married 1897 in Queens, 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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