Hammerschmidt

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Hammerschmidt (“hammer smith”). Compare the English equivalent Hammersmith.

Proper noun

Hammerschmidt (plural Hammerschmidts)

1. A surname from German.

Descendants

• → Translingual: Hammerschmidtia

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hammerschmidt is the 23354^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1090 individuals. Hammerschmidt is most common among White (97.25%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hammerschmidt”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 122.