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    The surname Lathem

    A surname, carried by 1,046 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L350

    Lathem: #24,075 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Lathem #24,075, 1,046 people Lathem: #24,075 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Lathem #24,075, 1,046 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lathem is more common than 85.2% of them.

    Origin

    Variant of Latham.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,046 people named Lathem in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 295,168 Americans. That is up 9.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 960.

    #24,075
    rank among US surnames
    1,046
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9%
    change since 2000 (was #24,432)

    Who is named Lathem

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

    91% of people named Lathem identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.9%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Lathem

    Lathem has the Soundex code L350, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L350.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Lathem come from?
    Variant of Latham.
    How common is the surname Lathem?
    1,046 people in the United States had the surname Lathem in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 295,168 Americans. It ranked 24,075th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lathem?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Lathem identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Lathem getting more or less common?
    More common. 960 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,046 in 2010, up 9.0%.