Hamlet is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Hamlet
No. of characters: 6
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Hamlet

How popular is Hamlet?

Hamlet is common in United States.

Hamlet is ranked 64923 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Hamlet bearers increased by 4.298643 per cent in 2010 US census to 3227 since 2000, the surname slipped by 353 spots and ranked at 9994. The last name was found in around 11 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 60.8 62.9
Black 34.12 32.19
Hispanic or Latino 2.94 2.26
Others 1.55 2.1
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.37 0.19
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.22 0.36
Hamlet is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Dominica is ahead in terms of density. Around 7018 people have been found who wears Hamlet as their family name. Hamlet is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
103,759 Spain8
5,707 Nicaragua5
19,452 Malaysia3
6,989 Uganda3
26,321 Israel3
90,215 Germany3
8,926 Cameroon3
119,730 Brazil3
32,695 Nigeria3
14,126 Colombia3
1,922 Libya3
54,135 Philippines2
4,781 Malawi2
574 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines2
17,692 Armenia2
20,595 China2
18,035 Egypt2
723,167 Indonesia2
12,172 Ghana2
95,312 Argentina2
4,231 Jamaica2
10,267 Sri Lanka2
30,360 Thailand1
15,162 Costa Rica1
53,505 Turkey1
81,201 Switzerland1
2,190 Barbados1
19,533 Uruguay1
11,923 Slovenia1
6,149 Ethiopia1
12,741 Ecuador1
49,101 Denmark1
10,683 Cyprus1
19,810 Croatia1
4,249 Cambodia1
799 British Virgin Islands1
91,024 Belgium1
10,958 Bangladesh1
42,479 Greece1
531 Greenland1
29,595 Iran1
36,678 Singapore1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
21,562 Portugal1
58,885 Poland1
17,768 Pakistan1
8,268 Mauritius1
6,967 Macedonia1
17,575 Kuwait1
153,416 Italy1
2,057 Isle of Man1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
343 Grenada50
26,164 Sweden36
495 Antigua and Barbuda25
378,102 India24
3,723 Guyana22
14,048 Ireland16
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
157 Dominica78
6,104 Wales56
17,601 United Arab Emirates54
12,143 New Zealand52
Countries with hundreds of Hamlet:
9,252 England704
10,269 Algeria625
1,833 Dominican Republic361
610 Trinidad and Tobago359
13,044 Australia210
66,174 France147
39,125 South Africa128
4,818 Scotland118
29,230 Canada115
27,127 Mexico105
Countries with thousands of Hamlet:
10,016 United States3,642
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 20 years old immigrant Thomas Hamlet who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on May 14, 1850 by Willian Rathbone put out from Liverpool. 26 years old John Hamlet, Immigrant Cathe. Hamlet, Samuel Hamlet, Immigrant Mgt. Hamlet, are other Hamlet that migrated to US.

Hamlet Namesakes

  • Dilys Hamlett, Actress
  • Dilys Hamlett, Actress
  • Lettie Hamlet Rogers, Novelist
  • Denis Hamlett, Soccer player
  • Norm Hamlet, Guitarist
  • Norm Hamlet, Guitarist
  • Norm Hamlet, Guitarist
  • Lester Hamlet, Film Editor
  • Sean Hamlet, Actor
  • James Hamlet, Film actor

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