Hamm (surname)


Hamm is an English, German, Welsh, French and Scottish surname, of Anglo-Norman, Anglo-Saxon or Norse origin.
In Germany, the surname Hamm derives from Hamm, a city in North Rhine-Westphalia.

Hamm surname in Scotland

In Scotland, the surname Hamm derives from Ham, a hamlet in Caithness, in this case being of Old Norse origin deriving from the Norse word Hami, meaning homestead.

Hamm surname in England

In England the name derives from several places in Kent, Greater London, Somerset, Gloucestershire, and Wiltshire.