Surname Checker / Hamilton
How Common Is the Last Name Hamilton?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Hamilton today
223,378
Ranked #119 of 162,254 published surnames · 68.39 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 201,746 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
70.21%
Black
23.71%
Asian / Pacific Islander
0.54%
Hispanic
2.45%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.