The Hom surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,863 people carried this name — #6,906 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 60,600 people counted. That is down 3% from 5,015 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Hom surname

From Taishanese 譚 /谭 (ham⁴).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Hom» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Poland’s population register

45 people named Hom have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 50 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 5 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Silesian 24
Lubusz 11
Lesser Poland 6
Lower Silesian 2
West Pomeranian 2

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In print

Hom in Australian newspapers,
1830s–1980s.

5,028 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hom. The most, 1,055, date from the 1910s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in South Australia, at 2.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

South Australia 1,501
New South Wales 1,068
Queensland 965
Victoria 911
Tasmania 365
Western Australia 201
ACT (Canberra) 6
Northern Territory 6

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hom.

Who carried it

People named Hom,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Georg Hom 1838–1911 · painter

Wikidata (CC0) · 2 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Hom,
in the records of 5 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States578 records

578 records of the Hom name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 345
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 153
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 32
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 28
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 16
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 1
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Ng Hom

    Born 1912. Enlisted 1943 at Los Angeles, California; machine shop worker from San Diego County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1960, buried at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Elisabeth Hom

    Arrived at New York in 1854 aboard the President Smidt from Bremen, aged 18; servant. From Bonnland, Germany; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Charles David Hom

    Born 1943; from Huntington Park, California. U.S. Navy, pilot; killed in action 1967 in North Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 578 records for Hom in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Netherlands675 records

675 records of the Hom name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 364
  • Dutch population registers 239
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 72
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Barend Hom

    Married in 1873 in Hilversum; weaver. Died 1890 in Hilversum, aged 40.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Anthonie Hom

    Married in 1908 in Naarden; baker. Died 1963 in Delft.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, Archief Delft (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Antonius Hendrikus Hom

    Married in 1931 in Amsterdam; butcher. Died 1970 in Nijmegen; café owner.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, Gelders Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 675 records for Hom in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Germany11 records

11 records of the Hom name in Germany
  • Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919 10
  • German emigration and citizenship files 1
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Franz Hom

    From Salchau, Gardelegen. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 16 August 1915 (Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 215).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Adam Cornelius Hom

    Emigrated to Mainz in 1840.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Stadt- und Stiftsarchiv Aschaffenburg (CC0)
  3. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Gustav Hom

    From Wengenrath, Westerburg. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 24 May 1919 (Infantry Regiment No. 118).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Showing 3 of 11 records for Hom in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0) · Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0); Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0).

France5 records

5 records of the Hom name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Arthur Antoine Marie Hom

    Born 1911 in Saint-Georges-de-Mons; died 1980 in Riom (Puy-de-Dôme).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Lieng Chheng Hom

    Born 1932 in Cambodia; died 1990 in Paris.

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Jean Baptiste Marie Hom

    Born 1909 in Saint-Georges-de-Mons; died 1981 in Saint-Georges-de-Mons (Puy-de-Dôme).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 5 records for Hom in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Hom name in Canada Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Low Hom

    Died 1949; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.

Counts: City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

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