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    The surname Thoms

    A surname, carried by 3,162 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex T520

    Thoms: #10,191 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Thoms #10,191, 3,162 people Thoms: #10,191 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Thoms #10,191, 3,162 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Thoms is more common than 93.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,162 people named Thoms in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 97,642 Americans. That is up 5.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,002.

    #10,191
    rank among US surnames
    3,162
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.3%
    change since 2000 (was #9,916)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,185Hakim3,16597,550
    #10,186Smit3,16497,581
    #10,189Thome3,16397,612
    #10,191O'Loughlin3,16297,642
    #10,193Pizzo3,16197,673
    #10,197Garr3,16097,704

    Who is named Thoms

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

    84% of people named Thoms identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 84%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 9.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Thomss

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Tracie Thoms
      American actress, born 1975

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Thoms

    Thoms has the Soundex code T520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T520.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Thoms?
    3,162 people in the United States had the surname Thoms in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 97,642 Americans. It ranked 10,191st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Thoms?
    In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Thoms identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Thoms?
    Tracie Thoms, American actress.
    Where is the surname Thoms most common?
    Wikidata records people named Thoms in the United States.
    Is the surname Thoms getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,002 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,162 in 2010, up 5.3%.