The Hamon surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,031 people carried this name — #14,651 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 144,900 people counted. That is up 14% from 1,778 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Hamon surname
Variant of Old French Aymon
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Hamon» (French), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 10,337 people named Hamon.
63 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 87 départements, most often Côtes-d’Armor.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
38 people named Hamon live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 34 people named Hamon live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Hamon,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jean Hamon 1608–1687 · writer -
Jean Hamon 1608–1678 · writer
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Jean Hamon 1618–1687 · writer
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Jean Hamon 1618–1678 · writer
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François Hamon d. 1532 · Catholic bishop
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Pierre Hamon 1530–1569 · secretary
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Hamon.
- 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
- Hammond 69,515 · 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
- Han 29,847 · U.S. census
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