Last Name HAMLIN

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Meaning The son of Hamo or Hammon, from diminutive Hamelin. The 'g' in Hamling and Hambling is, of course, excrescent, and the 'b' in Hamblin and Hambling is equally, of course, intrusive.
Local: A corruption of 'Hammeline,' which was taken from 'Hamelen,' a town on the river Weser, Germany. Hamelin, a town in Scotland, so called from 'Ham,' a house or village, and 'lin,' a waterfall, a small lake or pond.
Origin English, Irish, Maori

Rank 2,031 (2000 US census) 1,625 (1990 US census)
Count 16,358 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 81.33%, or 13304 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 14.6%, or 2388 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.35%, or 57 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.78%, or 128 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.5%, or 245 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.43%, or 234 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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