# Eom (surname)

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

A surname from Korean.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Korean |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 550 |
| US rank (2010) | 39,887 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 561,356 people |
| Change since 2000 | +227% (168 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 엄 (eom), which is written using the same character as the Chinese surname 嚴 /严 (yán).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Eom 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) | 2.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 0.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 96% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |

## Similar surnames

Ewen, Eno, Emma.

## 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.