# Addams (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/addams/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname originating as a patronymic.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 470 |
| US rank (2010) | 45,495 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 656,905 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.4% (450 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Adam + the patronymic suffix -s. A rare spelling variant of Adams.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Addams in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 79% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 14% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Addams in the United States, the United Kingdom and Belgium.

## People named Addams

- Jane Addams, American feminist social activist, reformer, social worker, sociologist, philosopher, and 
- Charles Addams, American cartoonist (1912–1988)
- Dawn Addams, British actress (1930–1985)
- Ava Addams, American pornographic actress
- Aubrey Addams, American pornographic actress
- Jenny Addams, Belgian fencer (1909–1990)

## Similar surnames

Adams, Adames, Adamson, Adamski, Adamek, Addington, Atencio, Adamczyk, Atienza, Attanasio.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.