How common is the surname Isom?

10,099 people in the United States had the surname Isom in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,572 Americans. It ranked 3,535th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Isom getting more or less common?

More common. 9,951 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,099 in 2010, up 1.5%.

Is Isom also a first name?

Yes. Isom is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Isom

A surname, carried by 10,099 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). Isom is more common than 97.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 10,099 people named Isom in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 30,572 Americans. That is up 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,951.

#3,535

rank among US surnames

10,099

people in 2010

3.4

per 100,000 Americans

+1.5%

change since 2000 (was #3,304)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,526	McDuffie	10,125	30,493
#3,527	Betz	10,120	30,508
#3,528	Alderman	10,119	30,511
#3,529	Tice	10,118	30,514
#3,530	DeSantis	10,117	30,517
#3,531	Ashworth	10,116	30,521
#3,532	Tafoya	10,114	30,527

Who is named Isom

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

55% of people named Isom identified as white (not Hispanic), 38% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 55%
Black (not Hispanic) 38%
Two or more races 2.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Isom

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

Questions

How common is the surname Isom?: 10,099 people in the United States had the surname Isom in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,572 Americans. It ranked 3,535th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Isom?: In the 2010 Census, 55% of people named Isom identified as white (not Hispanic), and 38% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Isom getting more or less common?: More common. 9,951 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,099 in 2010, up 1.5%.
Is Isom also a first name?: Yes. Isom is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.