How common is the last name Adam?

15,473 people in the United States have the last name Adam, about 1 in 19,317. It ranks #2,298 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

ADAM

#2,298

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
15,473
About
1 in 19,317
This common or more
49.4%
Who bears it

Of the 15,473 people with the last name Adam, 62.4% reported their origin as White, 26.5% as Black and 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Adam

#2,296 Elizondo · 15,475#2,297 Chong · 15,474#2,299 Perdue · 15,459#2,300 Sousa · 15,447

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Adam, most common first.

#2,224 Adame · 15,949#7,721 Adan · 4,133#8,701 Adamo · 3,618#21,381 Adem · 1,246#30,466 Adami · 821#55,761 Adamu · 397#66,015 Adama · 324#78,629 Adom · 262

Also a first name

As a first name, Adam ranks #87 of 53,615, with 496,300 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1984, with 24,081 births. See Adam as a first name

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