Hom (surname)


Hom is a surname in various cultures. Its languages of origin include Danish, Dutch, English, and Taishanese.

Origins

Hom may be:
In the Netherlands, there were 166 people with the surname Hom as of 2007, up from 124 in 1947.
As of 2018, 29 people in Denmark bore the surname Høm, and two the surname Hom.
According to statistics cited by Patrick Hanks, 17 people on the island of Great Britain and none on the island of Ireland bore the surname Hom in 2011. In 1881 there were four people with the surname in Great Britain.
The 2010 United States Census found 4,863 people with the surname Hom, making it the 6,906th-most-common name in the country. This represented an decrease from 5,015 in the 2000 Census. In both censuses, about four-fifths of the bearers of the surname identified as Asian, and one-tenth as White. It was the 269th-most-common surname among respondents to the 2000 Census who identified as Asian.

People

People with the surname Hom or Høm include: