Hamster Surname
Approximately 335 people bear this surname
Hamster Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 149 | 1:540,305 | 44,986 |
| Netherlands | 102 | 1:165,561 | 24,214 |
| United States | 17 | 1:21,321,114 | 641,998 |
| New Zealand | 12 | 1:377,360 | 28,765 |
| Russia | 11 | 1:13,102,096 | 377,010 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Hamster (33) may also be a first name.
Hamster Demographics
Hamster Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Hamster Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hamster Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hamster is found in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hamster? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 827,165th most commonly held last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 21,753,868 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 84 percent of Hamster reside; 76 percent reside in Western Europe and 75 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,807,719th most widely held first name worldwide It is held by 33 people.
Hamster is most widely held in Germany, where it is carried by 149 people, or 1 in 540,305. In Germany Hamster is most numerous in: Bavaria, where 24 percent reside, Hesse, where 23 percent reside and Schleswig-Holstein, where 23 percent reside. Barring Germany this surname is found in 32 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 30 percent reside and The United States, where 5 percent reside.
Hamster Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Hamster has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Hamster surname increased 340 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 140 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Hamster Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is principally Orthodox (100%) in Russia.
Hamster earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 56.14% more than the national average, earning $67,375 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 Hamster
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