Isom

Isom is the 3,550th most common surname in the United States, shared by 9,807 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 30,500.

By the numbers

People: 9,807
Rank: 3,550th
How common: 1 in 30,500
Per 100,000: 3.3

Who bears the name

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

White, not Hispanic 52.3%
Black, not Hispanic 37.7%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 5.7%
Hispanic or Latino 3.0%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.9%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.5%

Surnames like Isom

Ison

Also a first name

Isom has been given to 1,783 American babies as a first name since 1880, peaking in 1920. See it as a given name.

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.