The Isom surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 10,099 people carried this name — #3,535 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 29,200 people counted. That is up 1% from 9,951 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Isom surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a local name, from where the family lived: ‘of Isham’.

His entry covers Isham and Isom.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 421 · public domain.

In print

Isom in American newspapers,
1895–1929.

Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Isom
Evening Star 1929-03-24
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Isom
Evening Star 1895-10-26
Newspaper page from The Bottineau Courant carrying the name Isom
The Bottineau Courant 1896-06-27

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 24,863 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Isom in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1970s.

267 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Isom. The most, 56, date from the 1930s. 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 74
New South Wales 69
Victoria 53
Queensland 29
Tasmania 13
Western Australia 6
ACT (Canberra) 1

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

In the public record

People named Isom,
in the records of 2 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 States382 records

382 records of the Isom name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 239
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 118
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 8
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 8
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 5
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record James N. Isom

    Born 1921 in Tennessee. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia; foundry worker. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1992, buried at Fort Mitchell National Cemetery, Alabama.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record David Isom

    Born 1946; from Cottongim, Kentucky. U.S. Army, armor reconnaissance specialist; killed in action 1968 in Long Khanh, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Edward E. Isom

    U.S. Air Force veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1933, died 1996; buried at Jefferson City National Cemetery, Missouri.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 382 records for Isom in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · 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); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Australia9 records

9 records of the Isom name in Australia
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 4
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 2
  • State Library of Western Australia indexes 2
  • Tasmanian Names Index 1
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record John Isom

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Emily, sailing from London in 1842. Native of Queniborough, Leicestershire.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Lionel David Isom

    Retired of Newcomb, Victoria; died 2001.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Ernest Harold Isom

    Arrived in Victoria in 1912 aboard the Essex, aged 25.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 9 records for Isom in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

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