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    The surname Eom

    A Korean surname, carried by 550 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex E500

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Eom is more common than 75.4% of them.

    Origin

    Korean origin

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

    One of 42 Korean surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 550 people named Eom in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 561,356 Americans. That is up 227% since 2000, when the Census counted 168.

    #39,887
    rank among US surnames
    550
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +227.4%
    change since 2000 (was #99,725)

    Who is named Eom

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

    96% of people named Eom identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 2.2% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 96%
    • White (not Hispanic) 2.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Other Korean surnames

    All 42 Korean surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Eom come from?
    Borrowed from Korean 엄 (eom), which is written using the same character as the Chinese surname 嚴 /严 (yán).
    How common is the surname Eom?
    550 people in the United States had the surname Eom in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 561,356 Americans. It ranked 39,887th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Eom?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Eom identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 2.2% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Eom getting more or less common?
    More common. 168 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 550 in 2010, up 227%.