The surname Hem
A surname, carried by 1,021 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex H500
Origin
From Khmer ហែម (haem, “to add, to supplement”).
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,021 people named Hem in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 302,395 Americans. That is up 24% since 2000, when the Census counted 825.
Who is named Hem
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
77% of people named Hem identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 17% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as two or more races.
- Asian and Pacific Islander 77%
- White (not Hispanic) 17%
- Two or more races 3.2%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Hem has the Soundex code H500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H500.
Questions
- Where does the surname Hem come from?
- From Khmer ហែម (haem, “to add, to supplement”).
- How common is the surname Hem?
- 1,021 people in the United States had the surname Hem in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 302,395 Americans. It ranked 24,499th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Hem?
- In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Hem identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 17% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Hem getting more or less common?
- More common. 825 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,021 in 2010, up 24%.