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    The surname Saum

    A surname, carried by 1,426 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S500

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Saum is more common than 88.2% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,426 people named Saum in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 216,512 Americans. That is up 16% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,230.

    #19,087
    rank among US surnames
    1,426
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +15.9%
    change since 2000 (was #20,152)

    Who is named Saum

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

    85% of people named Saum identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 85%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 8.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Saum

    Saum has the Soundex code S500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S500.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Saum?
    1,426 people in the United States had the surname Saum in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 216,512 Americans. It ranked 19,087th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Saum?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Saum identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Saum getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,230 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,426 in 2010, up 16%.