How common is the surname Eames?

2,720 people in the United States had the surname Eames in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 113,509 Americans. It ranked 11,555th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Eames?

Charles Eames, American designer (1907-1978), followed by Ray Eames.

Where is the surname Eames most common?

Wikidata records people named Eames in the United States.

How do you pronounce Eames?

Eames is /iːmz/, one syllable.

Is the surname Eames getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,766 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,720 in 2010, down 1.7%.

The surname Eames

An English surname, carried by 2,720 people in the United States.

Pronounced /iːmz/ 1 syllable Soundex E520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Eames is more common than 92.9% of them.

Origin

English origin

Probably from the genitive form of Old English ēam (“maternal uncle”).

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,720 people named Eames in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 113,509 Americans. That is down 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,766.

#11,555

rank among US surnames

2,720

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

-1.7%

change since 2000 (was #10,629)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,550	Comerford	2,722	113,426
#11,553	Stice	2,721	113,468
#11,555	Rall	2,720	113,509
#11,560	Lupton	2,719	113,551

Who is named Eames

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

85% of people named Eames identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 85%
Black (not Hispanic) 9.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Eamess

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Charles Eames
American designer (1907-1978)
Ray Eames
American artist, designer, and filmmaker (1912–1988)
Emma Eames
American singer (1865-1952)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Eanes
Iams

Surnames that sound like Eames

Eanes

Eames has the Soundex code E520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E520.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Eames come from?: Probably from the genitive form of Old English ēam (“maternal uncle”).
How common is the surname Eames?: 2,720 people in the United States had the surname Eames in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 113,509 Americans. It ranked 11,555th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Eames?: In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Eames identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Eames?: Charles Eames, American designer (1907-1978), followed by Ray Eames.
Where is the surname Eames most common?: Wikidata records people named Eames in the United States.
How do you pronounce Eames?: Eames is /iːmz/, one syllable.
Is the surname Eames getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,766 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,720 in 2010, down 1.7%.
What are other spellings of Eames?: Eanes and Iams.