# Tom (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/tom/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 10,350 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,452 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 29,830 people |
| Change since 2000 | +7.5% (9,629 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Tom in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 19% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 53% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 17% |
| Two or more races | 6.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Tom in the United States.

## People named Tom

- Lauren Tom, American actress
- Nicholle Tom, American actress
- Heather Tom, American actress
- Logan Tom, American volleyball player
- Kiana Tom, American television host, fitness expert, author, actress, and businesswoman

## Similar surnames

Toomey, Toma, Tome, Tomei, Thom, Ton, Thoma, Twomey, Thome, Toyama, Tan, Toney.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.