The surname Um
A Korean surname, carried by 1,607 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex U500
Origin
Korean origin
Borrowed from Korean 엄(嚴) (Eom).
One of 42 Korean surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,607 people named Um in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 192,125 Americans. That is up 35% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,190.
#17,526
rank among US surnames
1,607
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
+35%
change since 2000 (was #20,665)
Who is named Um
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
95% of people named Um identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 1.8% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as two or more races.
- Asian and Pacific Islander 95%
- White (not Hispanic) 1.8%
- Two or more races 1.7%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.9%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Other Korean surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Um come from?
- Borrowed from Korean 엄(嚴) (Eom).
- How common is the surname Um?
- 1,607 people in the United States had the surname Um in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 192,125 Americans. It ranked 17,526th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Um?
- In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Um identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 1.8% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Um getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,190 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,607 in 2010, up 35%.