Eames

Eames is the 10,926th most common surname in the United States, shared by 2,785 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 107,000.

By the numbers

People: 2,785
Rank: 10,926th
How common: 1 in 107,000
Per 100,000: 0.93

Where the name comes from

Origin Old English

Probably from the genitive form of Old English ēam (“maternal uncle”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Eames described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 83.2%
Black, not Hispanic 8.1%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 3.7%
Hispanic or Latino 3.7%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.9%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.5%

Notable people called Eames

Charles Eames (1907–1978)American designer
Ray Eames (1912–1988)American artist, designer, and filmmaker
Emma Eames (1865–1952)American singer

People named Eames with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.