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    The surname Allums

    A surname, carried by 1,228 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex A452

    Allums: #21,330 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Allums #21,330, 1,228 people Allums: #21,330 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Allums #21,330, 1,228 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Allums is more common than 86.9% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,228 people named Allums in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 251,421 Americans. That is up 5.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,161.

    #21,330
    rank among US surnames
    1,228
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.8%
    change since 2000 (was #21,088)

    Who is named Allums

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    55% of people named Allums identified as white (not Hispanic), 42% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 55%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 42%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Allums

    Allums has the Soundex code A452, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A452.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Allums?
    1,228 people in the United States had the surname Allums in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 251,421 Americans. It ranked 21,330th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Allums?
    In the 2010 Census, 55% of people named Allums identified as white (not Hispanic), and 42% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Allums getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,161 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,228 in 2010, up 5.8%.