How Many People Have the Last Name Adam?
people had the surname Adam in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 21,739 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+1,365 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Adam (72.6%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 17.1%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Adam ranks #1,988. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic Black share rose from 10.7% to 17.1%, and the non-Hispanic White share fell from 78.9% to 72.6%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Adam grew from 12,209 people in 2000 to 13,574 in 2010 (up 11.2%), and its rank rose from #2,704 to #2,654.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 12,209 | 13,574 |
| Rank | #2,704 | #2,654 |
| Per 100,000 people | 4.53 | 4.6 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Adam
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Adam: A350
👤 Adam as a First Name
Adam is a first name too: about 536,830 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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