Im

Im is the 6,320th most common surname in the United States, shared by 5,171 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 57,800.

By the numbers

People: 5,171
Rank: 6,320th
How common: 1 in 57,800
Per 100,000: 1.7

Where the name comes from

Origin Korean

or Korean ^임(任).

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

Who bears the name

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

Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 93.3%
White, not Hispanic 2.8%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 2.3%
Hispanic or Latino 1.1%
Black, not Hispanic 0.4%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.2%

Notable people called Im

Im Nayeon (born 1995)South Korean singer
Im Yoon-ah (born 1990)South Korean singer and actress
Dami Im (born 1988)Australian singer
Im Dong-hyun (born 1986)South Korean archer
Im Soo-hyang (born 1990)South Korean actress
Im Su-jeong (born 1979)South Korean actress
Im Kwon-taek (born 1934)South Korean film director
Im Seong-hwi (born 1946)North Korean footballer

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

Surnames like Im

Imhoff
Imran

Try it on yourself

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.