How Many People Have the Last Name Thom?
people had the surname Thom in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 53,191 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
+274 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Thom (80.9%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 8.8%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Thom ranks #4,741. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 84.2% to 80.9%, and the non-Hispanic Black share rose from 6.7% to 8.8%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Thom grew from 5,257 people in 2000 to 5,531 in 2010 (up 5.2%), and its rank fell from #6,024 to #6,185. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 1.95 to 1.88 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 5,257 | 5,531 |
| Rank | #6,024 | #6,185 |
| Per 100,000 people | 1.95 | 1.88 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Thom
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Thom: T500
👤 Thom as a First Name
Thom is a first name too: about 599 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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