How common is the surname Pham?

84,320 people in the United States had the surname Pham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 3,662 Americans. It ranked 370th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Pham?

Tommy Pham, American baseball player (born 1988), followed by Quynh Anh.

Where is the surname Pham most common?

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

Is the surname Pham getting more or less common?

More common. 59,949 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 84,320 in 2010, up 41%.

The surname Pham

A Vietnamese surname, carried by 84,320 people in the United States.

Pronounced /fæm/ 1 syllable Soundex P500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pham is more common than 99.8% of them.

Origin

Vietnamese origin

Borrowed from Vietnamese Phạm.

One of 31 Vietnamese surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 84,320 people named Pham in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 3,662 Americans. That is up 41% since 2000, when the Census counted 59,949.

#370

rank among US surnames

84,320

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+40.7%

change since 2000 (was #498)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#361	Terry	87,000	3,549
#362	Hale	86,618	3,564
#363	Leon	86,363	3,575
#364	Hail	86,240	3,580
#365	Benson	86,081	3,587
#366	Haynes	85,974	3,591
#367	Horton	85,195	3,624

Who is named Pham

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

96% of people named Pham identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 1.8% as two or more races.

Asian and Pacific Islander 96%
Two or more races 1.8%
White (not Hispanic) 0.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.0%

Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Famous Phams

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Tommy Pham
American baseball player (born 1988)
Quynh Anh
Belgian singer, born 1987

Notable Phams come mostly from the United States (1) and Belgium (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Pham

Phan

Pham has the Soundex code P500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P500.

Other Vietnamese surnames

All 31 Vietnamese surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Pham come from?: Borrowed from Vietnamese Phạm.
How common is the surname Pham?: 84,320 people in the United States had the surname Pham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 3,662 Americans. It ranked 370th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pham?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Pham identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 1.8% as two or more races.
Who is the most famous person named Pham?: Tommy Pham, American baseball player (born 1988), followed by Quynh Anh.
Where is the surname Pham most common?: Wikidata records people named Pham in the United States and Belgium.
How do you pronounce Pham?: Pham is /fæm/, one syllable.
Is the surname Pham getting more or less common?: More common. 59,949 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 84,320 in 2010, up 41%.