The surname Som
A Khmer surname, carried by 1,910 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex S500
Origin
Khmer origin
Two main origins: * Borrowed from Khmer សោម (saom), a surname of unclear origin. * Borrowed from Bengali সোম (śōm), a Hindu surname from Sanskrit सोम (soma, “moon”).
One of 19 Khmer surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,910 people named Som in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 161,647 Americans. That is up 28% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,498.
Who is named Som
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
88% of people named Som identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 5.4% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Asian and Pacific Islander 88%
- White (not Hispanic) 5.4%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
- Two or more races 2.5%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Som has the Soundex code S500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S500.
Other Khmer surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Som come from?
- Two main origins: * Borrowed from Khmer សោម (saom), a surname of unclear origin. * Borrowed from Bengali সোম (śōm), a Hindu surname from Sanskrit सोम (soma, “moon”).
- How common is the surname Som?
- 1,910 people in the United States had the surname Som in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 161,647 Americans. It ranked 15,355th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Som?
- In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Som identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 5.4% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Som getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,498 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,910 in 2010, up 28%.