Hammons
A patronymic surname meaning “son of Hamon,” with the final -s marking descent or family connection.
The #3,206 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 27,388 Americans shares it.
Etymology
Hammons is generally explained as a surname built from the personal name Hamon, with the ending -s used in English surnames to mean “son of” or “belonging to.” The older form Hamon is usually traced to a continental Germanic personal name introduced into England after the Norman Conquest. In this view, Hammons is a later family-name form meaning literally “Hamon’s son.”
History
Bardsley treats Hammons as a variant of Hammonds and glosses it as a baptismal or patronymic surname. The name appears in English records in several spellings, including Hammon, Hammond, and Hammons, with the final -d in Hammond often explained as an excrescent or later addition. In the United States the Hammons spelling has remained in use as a distinct family form.
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Fun fact
19th-century surname writers sometimes noted that the -d in Hammond is not original, which is why Hammons can look like a shortened cousin of Hammond rather than a separate name.
From the historical record
“Hunmenoe.— BapL AvatHant of Hammonds or Hammons, q.v. ; cf. Evance for Evans, but v. Hem- MDB.(co. CambridgeX 1. HammsTBlsy, Hftmaraly. —”
— A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with special American instances