How rare is the last name Tom?

10,364 people in the United States have the last name Tom, about 1 in 28,840. It ranks #3,376 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

TOM

#3,376

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
10,364
About
1 in 28,840
This common or more
54%
Who bears it

Of the 10,364 people with the last name Tom, 50.5% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 17.9% as White and 16.6% as American Indian or Alaska Native. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Tom

#3,374 Keefe · 10,378#3,375 Parry · 10,373#3,377 Boyles · 10,361#3,378 Plunkett · 10,358

Spelled almost the same

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

#6,238 Ton · 5,259#6,985 Toma · 4,636#14,681 Tome · 1,944#82,069 Tomy · 248#97,359 Toom · 200#129,703 Tohm · 137#136,082 Tomi · 128#140,525 Tomm · 122

Also a first name

As a first name, Tom ranks #479 of 53,615, with 118,350 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1959, with 5,080 births. See Tom as a first name

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