Hamlton Surname

2,075,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 82 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

Hamlton Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hamlton Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States671:5,409,835270,257
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
England21:27,859,030389,889
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States641:784,66749,209

Hamlton (15) may also be a first name.

Hamlton Last Name Facts

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

Hamlton occurs most in The United States. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Hamlton? popularity and diffusion

Hamlton is the 2,075,631st most frequently held last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 88,872,511 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 87 percent of Hamlton live; 87 percent live in North America and 87 percent live in Anglo-North America. Hamlton is also the 2,900,335th most common first name on earth It is held by 15 people.

It is most frequently held in The United States, where it is carried by 67 people, or 1 in 5,409,835. In The United States it is mostly found in: California, where 15 percent live, Georgia, where 9 percent live and Florida, where 7 percent live. Without taking into account The United States it is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 5 percent live and Australia, where 2 percent live.

Hamlton Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Hamlton has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Hamlton surname rose 105 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Hamlton Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Hamlton are 6.56% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 53.33% registered with the political party.

The amount Hamlton earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 14.04% less than the national average, earning $37,093 USD per year and in Canada they earn 31.67% less than the national average, earning $33,950 CAD 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 Hamlton
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