How common is the surname Toms?

4,986 people in the United States had the surname Toms in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,922 Americans. It ranked 6,764th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Toms getting more or less common?

More common. 4,779 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,986 in 2010, up 4.3%.

The surname Toms

A patronymic surname, carried by 4,986 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex T520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Toms is more common than 95.8% of them.

Origin

A surname originating as a patronymic, derived from Tom.

Toms is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,986 people named Toms in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 61,922 Americans. That is up 4.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,779.

#6,764

rank among US surnames

4,986

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+4.3%

change since 2000 (was #6,542)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,757	Gott	4,989	61,885
#6,761	Zendejas	4,988	61,898
#6,763	Cate	4,987	61,910
#6,764	Toms	4,986	61,922
#6,765	Crumpton	4,985	61,935
#6,766	Viveros	4,983	61,960

Who is named Toms

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

83% of people named Toms identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 83%
Black (not Hispanic) 11%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Toms

Toms 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 Toms?: 4,986 people in the United States had the surname Toms in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,922 Americans. It ranked 6,764th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Toms?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Toms identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
What type of surname is Toms?: Toms is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Toms getting more or less common?: More common. 4,779 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,986 in 2010, up 4.3%.