Isom is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Isom
No. of characters: 4
Origin: England
Meaning:

Isom is the variant of Ison. See Ive - This name with some variations of orthography seems to have existed in several countries. The town of St. Ives in Cornwall was designated after Iva, an Irish saint, and that of St. Ives in Huntingdonshire after St. Ivo, a Persian archbishop. Ive was also an Anglo-Saxon personal name, and Ivo was the Norman form. The surnames Ives, Iveson, Ivison, Ison, and perhaps Ivett and Ivatts, are derivatives.

The form of the Isham. One who came from Isham meaning "village on the Ise River," in Northamptonshire.

The family name Isom is a variation of the Isham. A place in the hundred of Orlingbury, county of Northampton, where an elder branch of the existing family, Isham of Lamport, were seated soon after the Conquest.

How popular is Isom?

Isom is common in United States, England, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Nigeria.

Isom is ranked 38965 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Isom bearers increased by 1.49 per cent in 2010 US census to 10099 since 2000, the surname slipped by 231 spots and ranked at 3535. The last name was found in around 3 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 55.44 59.05
Black 38 35.99
Others 2.86 2.17
Hispanic or Latino 2.12 1.29
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.92 0.93
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.65 0.57
Isom is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in United States which signifies its United States provenence. Around 13508 people have been found who wears Isom as their family name. Isom is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Isom:
3,551 United States12,676
Countries with hundreds of Isom:
17,563 England277
5,775 Papua New Guinea175
71,212 Indonesia137
60,488 Nigeria109
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
49,334 Cameroon31
28,765 New Zealand12
169,836 Canada12
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
109,631 Australia10
17,989 Taiwan8
55,922 Qatar6
55,549 Norway6

Isom Namesakes

  • Mo Isom, Soccer player
  • Mo Isom, Soccer player
  • Cedric Isom, Basketeer
  • Robert Isom, Executive
  • Jeff Isom, Baseball manager
  • Abigail Isom, Actress
  • Mareik Isom, Basketball Player
  • Katherine Isom, Set decorator
  • Jacob Isom, Skateboarder
  • Brian Isom, Television host
  • In 2011, Makenzie Isom played the role of Crystal Shields in crime, thriller flick The Escopeta Boy.

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