The surname Hom
A surname, carried by 4,863 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex H500
Origin
From Taishanese 譚 /谭 (ham⁴).
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 4,863 people named Hom in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 63,489 Americans. That is down 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,015.
Who is named Hom
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
81% of people named Hom identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 10% as white (not Hispanic) and 6.2% as two or more races.
- Asian and Pacific Islander 81%
- White (not Hispanic) 10%
- Two or more races 6.2%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Hom 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 Hom come from?
- From Taishanese 譚 /谭 (ham⁴).
- How common is the surname Hom?
- 4,863 people in the United States had the surname Hom in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 63,489 Americans. It ranked 6,906th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Hom?
- In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Hom identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 10% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Hom getting more or less common?
- Less common. 5,015 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,863 in 2010, down 3.0%.