Hamza surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Hamza surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,035 people carried this name — #24,237 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 285,700 people counted. That is up 86% from 555 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

417 people named Hamza live in Switzerland.

They live in 16 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 110
Geneva 49
Vaud 46
Bern 41
Aargau 36
St. Gallen 31
Valais 17
Lucerne 16

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 France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 350 people named Hamza.

Most of them — 209 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 31 départements, most often Essonne.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 209
Essonne 18
Seine-Saint-Denis 12
Nord 11
Bouches-du-Rhône 10
Paris 9
Bas-Rhin 9
Rhône 8
Val-de-Marne 8

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 331 people named Hamza 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.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Brussels-Capital 168
Antwerp 61
East Flanders 40
West Flanders 22
Flemish Brabant 20
Limburg 9
Liège 6
Walloon Brabant 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In Poland’s population register

38 people named Hamza have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 292 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 7 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lower Silesian.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Lower Silesian 8
Lesser Poland 7
Lublin 6
Masovian 6
Silesian 6
Greater Poland 3
Łódź 2

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In the Nordic population registers

522 people named Hamza is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 522

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).

Who carried it

People named Hamza,
with a public archive behind them.

  • František Hamza
    František Hamza 1868–1930 · writer
  • Petr Hamza ze Zábědovic 1499–1557
  • Johann Hamza 1848–1927 · painter
  • Johann Hamza 1850–1927 · painter
  • Hans Hamza 1879–1945 · painter
  • Ernst Hamza 1885–1952 · teacher

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).

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