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    The surname Tome

    A surname, carried by 2,007 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex T500

    Tome: #14,787 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Tome #14,787, 2,007 people Tome: #14,787 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Tome #14,787, 2,007 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tome is more common than 90.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,007 people named Tome in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 153,834 Americans. That is up 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,713.

    #14,787
    rank among US surnames
    2,007
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +17.2%
    change since 2000 (was #15,661)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,781Bibi2,009153,681
    #14,783Gilyard2,008153,758
    #14,787Malan2,007153,834
    #14,794Groat2,006153,911

    Who is named Tome

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

    62% of people named Tome identified as white (not Hispanic), 29% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 5.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 62%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 29%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 5.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%
    • Two or more races 1.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Tomes

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Robson Matheus
      Bolivian association football player, born 2002

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Tome

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Tome?
    2,007 people in the United States had the surname Tome in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 153,834 Americans. It ranked 14,787th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Tome?
    In the 2010 Census, 62% of people named Tome identified as white (not Hispanic), and 29% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Tome?
    Robson Matheus, Bolivian association football player.
    Where is the surname Tome most common?
    Wikidata records people named Tome in Bolivia.
    Is the surname Tome getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,713 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,007 in 2010, up 17%.