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hamme Name Meaning and History

Belgian and Dutch (van Hamme): habitational name from any of various places in Belgium, in the provinces of Brabant, Hainault, East Flanders, and Limburg, named with Middle Dutch hamme ‘flood plain’, ‘water meadow’, or ‘land in a river bend’.

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Distribution of hamme Families in the US in 1920
Number of hamme families
 36-70
 13-35
 1-12
 0
Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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