Hammersen Surname

1,343,156th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 166 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Hammersen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hammersen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1341:600,78748,250
United States151:24,163,929685,360
South Africa141:3,869,836127,494
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Hammersen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Hammersen is most common in Germany. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Hammersen click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Hammersen? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,343,156th most frequently used family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 43,900,879 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 82 percent of Hammersen are found; 81 percent are found in Western Europe and 81 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name Hammersen is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 134 people, or 1 in 600,787. In Germany Hammersen is most common in: Lower Saxony, where 74 percent live, Hamburg, where 8 percent live and Bavaria, where 7 percent live. Other than Germany this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 9 percent live and South Africa, where 8 percent live.

Hammersen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Hammersen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Hammersen last name rose 167 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Hammersen Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Hammersen surname are 28.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 75% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Hammersen earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 393.21% more than the national average, earning R 1,172,060 per year and in United States they earn 49.01% less than the national average, earning $22,000 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 Hammersen
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