Nam

Nam is the 5,113th most common surname in the United States, shared by 6,632 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 45,100.

By the numbers

People: 6,632
Rank: 5,113th
How common: 1 in 45,100
Per 100,000: 2.2

Who bears the name

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

Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 91.6%
White, not Hispanic 3.8%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 2.2%
Hispanic or Latino 1.2%
Black, not Hispanic 1.1%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.08%

Notable people called Nam

Nam Joo-hyuk (born 1994)South Korean actor and model
Nam Tae-hee (born 1991)South Korean association football player
Eric Nam (born 1988)South Korean-American singer
Nam Gyu-ri (born 1984)South Korean singer and actress
Nam Ji-hyun (born 1995)South Korean actress
Nam Hyun-Hee (born 1981)South Korean foil fencer
Nam Sang-mi (born 1984)South Korean actress
Nam Woo-hyun (born 1991)South Korean singer and actor

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

Also a first name

Nam has been given to 1,404 American babies as a first name since 1975, peaking in 1984. 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.