How rare is the last name Tam?

13,232 people in the United States have the last name Tam, about 1 in 22,589. It ranks #2,659 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

TAM

#2,659

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
13,232
About
1 in 22,589
This common or more
51.2%
Who bears it

Of the 13,232 people with the last name Tam, 88.6% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 5.8% as White and 2.9% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Tam

#2,657 Stump · 13,235#2,658 Deaton · 13,233#2,660 Caceres · 13,226#2,660 Tavares · 13,226

Spelled almost the same

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

#856 Tan · 39,432#36,053 Tamm · 669#79,118 Tama · 260#87,624 Tame · 228#104,276 Tami · 183#113,026 Tamo · 165

Also a first name

As a first name, Tam ranks #2,164 of 53,615, with 12,308 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1982, with 64 births. See Tam as a first name

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