American Family Name Origins:
Hamrock
Frequency: (167)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Irish: MacLysaght describes this as an English toponym, known to have been in Ireland since the 16th century; the surname is extremely rare in England, however.
GIVEN NAMES: Irish 5%. Eamon, Jarlath.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
