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    The surname Alm

    A surname, carried by 2,072 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex A450

    Alm: #14,421 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Alm #14,421, 2,072 people Alm: #14,421 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Alm #14,421, 2,072 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Alm is more common than 91.1% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,072 people named Alm in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 149,008 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,023.

    #14,421
    rank among US surnames
    2,072
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.4%
    change since 2000 (was #13,739)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,419Klopp2,073148,937
    #14,421Metheny2,072149,008
    #14,427Castilla2,071149,080

    Who is named Alm

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

    91% of people named Alm identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.5%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Alm

    Alm has the Soundex code A450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A450.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Alm?
    2,072 people in the United States had the surname Alm in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 149,008 Americans. It ranked 14,421st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Alm?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Alm identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Alm getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,023 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,072 in 2010, up 2.4%.