Find out how popular the last name Hamburg is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Hamburg.

Hamburg, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Hamburg surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Hamburg in America

Hamburg is the 13874th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Hamburg surname appeared 2,177 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Hamburg.

We can also compare 2010 data for Hamburg to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Hamburg

The surname Hamburg originates from the city of Hamburg in northern Germany. It is believed to have derived from the Old Saxon word "ham-burg" or "hamma-burg," which means a fortified or protected place.

The name Hamburg is thought to have first appeared in the 9th century, when a settlement known as Hammaburg was established on the banks of the Alster River. This settlement later grew into the modern city of Hamburg, which became a major port and trading center in the Middle Ages.

One of the earliest recorded mentions of the surname Hamburg can be found in the Annals of the Abbey of St. Gall, a medieval chronicle written in the 9th century. The name is also believed to have appeared in other early German records and manuscripts, though many of these documents have been lost or damaged over time.

Some notable individuals with the surname Hamburg throughout history include:

1. Johannes Hamburg (c. 1460-1524), a German Renaissance humanist and educator, best known for his work on educational reform.
2. Johann Hamburg (1588-1654), a German composer and organist who worked in Lübeck and was a contemporary of Johann Sebastian Bach.
3. Gerhard Hamburg (1614-1689), a German jurist and legal scholar who served as a professor at the University of Helmstedt.
4. Christian Hamburg (1661-1718), a German physician and botanist who made significant contributions to the field of plant taxonomy.
5. Friedrich Hamburg (1766-1835), a German architect and urban planner who worked on the reconstruction of Berlin after the Napoleonic Wars.

The surname Hamburg has also been associated with various place names and older spellings of place names, such as Hammerbrook, a district in the city of Hamburg, and Hamm, a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Hamburg

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Hamburg.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Hamburg was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Hamburg has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Hamburg was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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