# Pham (surname)

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

A surname from Vietnamese.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Vietnamese |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 84,320 |
| US rank (2010) | 370 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 3,662 people |
| Change since 2000 | +41% (59,949 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /fæm/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Vietnamese Phạm.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Pham 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) | 0.9% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 0.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 96% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Pham in the United States and Belgium.

## People named Pham

- Tommy Pham, American baseball player (born 1988)
- Quynh Anh, Belgian singer

## Similar surnames

Phan, Payne, Pena, Pina, Penn, Pan, Pino, Penny, Paine, Pine, Payan, Penney.

## 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.