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The LATHAM surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 20,935 1572 0.008 78
United States (1880 census) 5,025 1214 0.01 100
Change since 1880 +15910 -358 -0.002 -22
Other Countries
Australia 1,481 1112 0.009 91
United Kingdom 8,711 695 0.019 190
Top States for LATHAM by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Texas 2,291 1116 0.011 110
Alabama 1,594 446 0.036 358
Tennessee 1,182 759 0.021 208
California 1,178 2706 0.003 35
North Carolina 1,041 1193 0.013 129
Top States for LATHAM by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Alabama 1,594 446 0.036 358
Mississippi 798 554 0.028 281
Tennessee 1,182 759 0.021 208
Kentucky 607 979 0.015 150
South Carolina 573 1183 0.014 143

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called LATHAM live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called LATHAM represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called LATHAM in Texas than any other state, but you are more likely to find a LATHAM by picking someone at random in Alabama than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of LATHAM

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Location or Geographical Feature

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the LATHAM surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the LATHAM surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of LATHAM in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Mixed Race 308 1.47
White (Hispanic) 268 1.28
Native American/Alaskan 132 0.63
Asian/Pacific 84 0.4
White (Caucasian) 16,934 80.89
Black/African American 3,211 15.34

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the LATHAM surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of LATHAM in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of LATHAM.

Similar names to LATHAM

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as LATHAM.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for LATHAM

The following words are slight variants of LATHAM that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.