Eom

See also: eom and EOM

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 엄 (eom), which is written using the same character as the Chinese surname 嚴／严 (yán).

Proper noun

Eom (plural Eoms)

A surname from Korean.

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Eom is the 39887^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 550 individuals. Eom is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (96.0%) individuals.

Further reading

Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Eom”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 531.

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