# Isham (surname)

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

A habitational surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,139 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,988 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 74,594 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.9% (3,985 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From the name of the River Ise + Old English hām (“homestead”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Isham 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) | 80% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 6.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 7.2% |
| Two or more races | 2.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Isham in the United States.

## People named Isham

- Mark Isham, American musician and film composer (born 1951)
- Wayne Isham, American director
- Ann Elizabeth Isham, American victim of the RMS Titanic sinking (1862-1912)

## Similar surnames

Isom, Ison, Iacono, Ismay.

## 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.