How common is the surname Isham?

4,139 people in the United States had the surname Isham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 74,594 Americans. It ranked 7,988th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Isham?

In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Isham identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.2% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Who is the most famous person named Isham?

Mark Isham, American musician and film composer (born 1951), followed by Wayne Isham.

Where is the surname Isham most common?

Wikidata records people named Isham in the United States.

Is the surname Isham getting more or less common?

More common. 3,985 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,139 in 2010, up 3.9%.

The surname Isham

An English place surname, carried by 4,139 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex I250

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Isham is more common than 95.1% of them.

Origin

English origin

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

Isham is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,139 people named Isham in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 74,594 Americans. That is up 3.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,985.

#7,988

rank among US surnames

4,139

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+3.9%

change since 2000 (was #7,700)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,981	Philpott	4,142	74,540
#7,983	Murguia	4,141	74,558
#7,987	Kittrell	4,140	74,576
#7,988	Norfleet	4,139	74,594
#7,992	Haws	4,138	74,612
#7,995	Willman	4,137	74,630

Who is named Isham

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

80% of people named Isham identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.2% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 6.2% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 80%
American Indian and Alaska Native 7.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
Two or more races 2.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Ishams

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Mark Isham
American musician and film composer (born 1951)
Wayne Isham
American director, born 1958
Ann Elizabeth Isham
American victim of the RMS Titanic sinking (1862-1912)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Isham

Isom

Isham has the Soundex code I250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code I250.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Isham come from?: From the name of the River Ise + Old English hām (“homestead”).
How common is the surname Isham?: 4,139 people in the United States had the surname Isham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 74,594 Americans. It ranked 7,988th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Isham?: In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Isham identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.2% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Who is the most famous person named Isham?: Mark Isham, American musician and film composer (born 1951), followed by Wayne Isham.
Where is the surname Isham most common?: Wikidata records people named Isham in the United States.
What type of surname is Isham?: Isham is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Isham getting more or less common?: More common. 3,985 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,139 in 2010, up 3.9%.