Hamiton Surname
Approximately 1,003 people bear this surname
Hamiton Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 758 | 1:22,585 | 3,433 |
| United States | 132 | 1:2,745,901 | 164,003 |
| Zimbabwe | 46 | 1:335,614 | 32,404 |
| England | 21 | 1:2,653,241 | 94,788 |
| Philippines | 12 | 1:8,436,519 | 202,133 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Jamaica | 2 | 1:1,434,974 | 11,081 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,476,622 | 29,385 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 7 | 1:3,482,196 | 89,582 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:748,643 | 18,576 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 36 | 1:1,394,963 | 75,931 |
Hamiton (1,028) may also be a first name.
Hamiton Demographics
Average Hamiton Salary in
United States
$19,094 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Hamiton Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hamiton Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hamiton occurs more in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hamiton? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 360,858th most commonly occurring family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 7,265,749 people. Hamiton is predominantly found in Africa, where 81 percent of Hamiton reside; 80 percent reside in Southern Africa and 80 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Hamiton is also the 250,249th most numerous first name worldwide, borne by 1,028 people.
The surname is most numerous in Malawi, where it is borne by 758 people, or 1 in 22,585. Barring Malawi it is found in 22 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 13 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 5 percent are found.
Hamiton Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Hamiton has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 367 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 300 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it fell 40 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Hamiton Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Hamiton surname is primarily Anglican (67%) in Ireland.
Hamiton earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 55.75% less than the national average, earning $19,094 USD per year.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Hamiton
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