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    The surname Tham

    A Chinese surname, carried by 1,355 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex T500

    Tham: #19,834 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Tham #19,834, 1,355 people Tham: #19,834 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Tham #19,834, 1,355 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tham is more common than 87.8% of them.

    Origin

    Chinese origin

    Borrowed from Cantonese 譚／谭 (taam4), etc.

    One of 193 Chinese surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,355 people named Tham in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 227,856 Americans. That is up 22% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,111.

    #19,834
    rank among US surnames
    1,355
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +22%
    change since 2000 (was #21,814)

    Who is named Tham

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

    88% of people named Tham identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 4.7% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.3% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 88%
    • White (not Hispanic) 4.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.3%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Native American are not shown.

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

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Tham

    Tham has the Soundex code T500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T500.

    Other Chinese surnames

    All 193 Chinese surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Tham come from?
    Borrowed from Cantonese 譚／谭 (taam4), etc.
    How common is the surname Tham?
    1,355 people in the United States had the surname Tham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 227,856 Americans. It ranked 19,834th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Tham?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Tham identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 4.7% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Tham getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,111 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,355 in 2010, up 22%.