Hamburger Surname

79,813th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,109 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Hamburger Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'the Hamburger,' a native of Hamburg. This is not in all cases a newly imported surname. It occurs in the 13th century.

Reginald le Hamberger, London, 1273.

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Hamburger Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,1201:170,97117,263
Germany1,6731:48,1206,295
Colombia4991:95,7403,533
Israel4591:18,6442,780
France2391:277,91942,706
Netherlands1681:100,51916,312
Switzerland1521:54,0326,989
Denmark1221:46,2684,833
Hungary1201:81,8028,194
England1171:476,22330,919
Australia1011:267,28424,253
Canada791:466,40040,200
Venezuela541:559,33510,264
South Africa531:1,022,22162,590
Brazil341:6,296,304151,940
Poland201:1,900,43796,203
Chile141:1,258,32022,898
New Zealand131:348,33327,379
Sweden81:1,230,84590,587
Romania81:2,509,73455,065
Austria71:1,216,49180,919
Spain71:6,678,86292,666
Uruguay61:571,96026,877
Argentina51:8,548,683204,003
Belgium51:2,299,329106,824
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Costa Rica41:1,195,0176,919
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Cambodia21:7,743,57311,959
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England171:1,433,84549,523
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5681:88,4139,156

The alternate forms: Hambürger (92) are calculated separately.

Hamburger (15) may also be a first name.

Hamburger Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'the Hamburger,' a native of Hamburg. This is not in all cases a newly imported surname. It occurs in the 13th century.

Reginald le Hamberger, London, 1273.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(German) One who came from Hamburg, in Germany.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

User-submitted Reference

The surname 'Hamburger' does NOT have to do with hamburgers. It's a German language surname, meaning 'one from Hamburg'. Surnames ending in '-er' are of Germanic languages excluding English (German, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, etc) and mean 'from a place'.

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Hamburger Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Hamburger Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Hamburger is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant: Hambürger. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Hamburger? popularity and diffusion

Hamburger is the 79,813th most common family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,192,920 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 46 percent of Hamburger reside; 37 percent reside in Western Europe and 36 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,900,335th most prevalent given name world-wide, borne by 15 people.

The surname Hamburger is most widespread in The United States, where it is borne by 2,120 people, or 1 in 170,971. In The United States it is mostly found in: New York, where 14 percent live, California, where 13 percent live and Florida, where 7 percent live. Besides The United States this surname occurs in 40 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 27 percent live and Colombia, where 8 percent live.

Hamburger Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Hamburger has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Hamburger surname expanded 373 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 688 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Hamburger Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Hamburger are 7.17% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 53.94% being registered with the party.

The amount Hamburger earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 117.31% more than the national average, earning R 516,408 per year; in Colombia they earn 8.62% less than the national average, earning $20,746,500 COP per year; in United States they earn 19.77% more than the national average, earning $51,681 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.93% more than the national average, earning $59,585 CAD per year.

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