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    The surname Newsom

    A surname, carried by 11,218 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex N250

    Newsom: #3,218 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Newsom #3,218, 11,218 people Newsom: #3,218 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Newsom #3,218, 11,218 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Newsom is more common than 98% of them.

    Origin

    Variant of Newsome.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 11,218 people named Newsom in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 27,522 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,930.

    #3,218
    rank among US surnames
    11,218
    people in 2010
    3.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.6%
    change since 2000 (was #3,040)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,209Montague11,25827,425
    #3,210Gaspar11,25127,442
    #3,211Paulsen11,24327,461
    #3,212Harwood11,23827,473
    #3,214Victor11,23427,483
    #3,215Stanfield11,22927,495
    #3,217Ruvalcaba11,22027,517

    Who is named Newsom

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

    75% of people named Newsom identified as white (not Hispanic), 18% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 75%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 18%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Newsoms

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Gavin Newsom
      40th governor of California since 2019
    • Joanna Newsom
      American musician (b. 1982)
    • Jennifer Siebel Newsom
      American actress and filmmaker (born 1974)
    • David D. Newsom
      American diplomat (1918-2008)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Newsom

    Newsom has the Soundex code N250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N250.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Newsom come from?
    Variant of Newsome.
    How common is the surname Newsom?
    11,218 people in the United States had the surname Newsom in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 27,522 Americans. It ranked 3,218th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Newsom?
    In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Newsom identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Newsom?
    Gavin Newsom, 40th governor of California since 2019, followed by Joanna Newsom.
    Where is the surname Newsom most common?
    Wikidata records people named Newsom in the United States.
    Is the surname Newsom getting more or less common?
    More common. 10,930 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,218 in 2010, up 2.6%.