Hambro
surname · Latin script
Hambro is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States. Recorded meaning: Person from an unidentified place in northern Germany or Denmark, probably ‘water-meadow marsh’.
- NONorway
- GBUnited Kingdom
- AUAustralia
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Person from an unidentified place in northern Germany or Denmark, probably ‘water-meadow marsh’.
Sources 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Hambro is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, from Handborough, Oxfordshire; first attested Richard de Hambir’ 1279 Eynshara (Oxfordshire)
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
some minor place apparently named with the Gmc elem¬ ents ham water meadow (see Hammer i) -I- bru marsh, bog (see Breuil).
as a nameThe Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Edvard Isak Hambrob. 1847NONorwegian educator (1847-1909)
- Edward Isak Hambrob. 1851NONorwegian judge
- Gyda Christensenb. 1872NOnot in their usual nameNorwegian actress, dancer,and choreographer (1872-1964)
- Charles Hambrob. 1872GBBritish politician (1872-1947)
- Carl Joachim Hambrob. 1885NONorwegian politician (1885-1964)
- Edvard Hambrob. 1911NONorwegian politician (1911–1977)
- Carl Joachim Hambrob. 1914NOnovelist
- Johan Hambrob. 1915NOJournalist, biographer
- Lenny Hambrob. 1923USAmerican jazz musician (1923–1995)
- Christian Hambrob. 1946NONorwegian civil servant
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 8 sources across 5 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 114 | #13,629 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 11 | — |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 4 | #68,038 |
| GB United Kingdom | A Dictionary of Surnames (Hanks & Hodges, 1988) | — | — | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Hambro mean, and where does it come from?
- Person from an unidentified place in northern Germany or Denmark, probably ‘water-meadow marsh’. Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- In which country does Hambro have the most bearers?
- Hambro is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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About this data
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Hambro”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.