# Tomes (surname)

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

A surname originating as a patronymic.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,073 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,462 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 100,470 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.2% (2,948 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Tom + the patronymic suffix -s.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Tomes 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) | 83% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 7.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 7.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Tomes in the United States.

## People named Tomes

- Kimberly Tomes, American model

## Similar surnames

Tomas, Toms, Tomasi, Thomas, Thames, Townes, Thoms, Tang, Tong, Tinoco, Tanaka, Towns.

## 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.