US Population With Last Name Hamilton By Race and Ethnicity in the 2000 Census

Updated on May 9, 2026.

Data Source: US Census Bureau.

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In the 2000 Census, there were 194,331 people in the US whose last name was Hamilton, and the rate of occurence of the Hamilton last name was 72.04 per 100K.

The highest percentage of people with the last name of Hamilton identified their race as Non Hispanic White Alone (72.79%); the second highest percentage of people identified their race as Non Hispanic Black or African American Alone (22.65%); and the third highest percentage of people identified their race as Non Hispanic Two or More Races (1.73%).

US Percentage of Pop. With Last Name Hamilton By Race And Ethniciity in the 2000 Census

Non-Hisp White
Non-Hisp Black
Non-Hisp Two or More Races
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Non-Hisp AIAN
Non-Hisp ANHPI

The table below below shows by race and ethnicity, the number of people and the percentage of the total people with the Hamilton last name.

US Population With Last Name Hamilton By Race And Ethniciity in the 2000 Census

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Last Name Number of People Percent of Total (%)
Non Hispanic White Alone 141454 72.79
Non Hispanic Black or African American Alone 44016 22.65
Non Hispanic Two or More Races 3362 1.73
Hispanic or Latino 3129 1.61
Non Hispanic American Indian and Alaska Native Alone 1516 0.78
Non Hispanic Asian and Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Alone 855 0.44