Last Name HAMILTON

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Meaning	Local: Of Hamilton. Although there are several Hambledons (dioceses Peterborough, Oxford, and Winchester) and one Hambleton (diocese Manchester), not to mention smaller spots, the Scottish Hamiltons are traced to Hambledon, a manor in county Bucks. It is possible that the ENglish Hamiltons are sprung from a dozen different sources. Local: from the manor of Hambleton in Buckinghamshire. The family are descended from Sir William de Hambleton, third son of Robert Earl of Leicester, descended from the Earls of Mellent in Normandy. This Sir William de Hambleton having slain John de Spencer in a rencontre, fled from the court of Edward II, to Scotland; being closely pursued, he and his attendant changed clothes with two woodcutters, and taking their saws, were in the act of cutting through an oak tree, when their pursuers passed by, perceiving his servant notice them, Sir William cried, "Through." He afterwards married the daughter of Gilbert, Earl of Strathern, and received from Robert Bruce the lands of Kedzow in Lanarkshire ; and assumed for his crest an oak tree with a saw through it, and for his motto, the word "Through." Originally 'Hambleton,' from the manor of Hambleton, in Buckinghamshire. William, third son of Robert, third Earl of Leicester, took that surname from the place of his birth, as above. He was the founder of the family of that name in Scotland, whither he went about the year 1215. The name is derived from 'Hamell,' a mansion, the seat of a freeholder, and 'dun,' an enclosure, a fortified place, a town.

Origin	English, Scottish, Jewish, Chilean, Irish, Falkland, Maori, Maltese, Austrian, Belgian, South african

Rank	107 (2000 US census)	103 (1990 US census)

Count	194,331 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

72.79%, or 141454 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
22.65%, or 44016 total occurrences, as black,
0.44%, or 855 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.78%, or 1516 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.73%, or 3362 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.61%, or 3129 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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