Hamsch Surname
Approximately 164 people bear this surname
Hamsch Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 144 | 1:559,066 | 46,014 |
| Sweden | 15 | 1:656,450 | 48,545 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
The alternate forms: Hämsch (23) are calculated separately.
Hamsch Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hamsch Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hamsch occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Hämsch. Click here to see other potential spellings of Hamsch.
How Common Is The Last Name Hamsch? popularity and diffusion
The surname Hamsch is the 1,353,468th most frequently occurring last name internationally, held by around 1 in 44,436,256 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Hamsch live; 88 percent live in Western Europe and 88 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most commonly used in Germany, where it is carried by 144 people, or 1 in 559,066. In Germany Hamsch is most common in: Lower Saxony, where 19 percent are found, Thuringia, where 15 percent are found and Berlin, where 14 percent are found. Not including Germany it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 9 percent are found and Brazil, where 2 percent are found.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Hamsch
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