Last Name ADAM

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Meaning	Man, earthly. Adams is remarkably well represented in the United States. Many Adams, Addams, Adamsons, or Addamsons were among the early settlers. Man, earthly, red. The families of Adam and Adamson, are descended from Duncan son of Alexander Adam.

Origin	English, Scottish, Jewish, Russian, Spanish, French, German, Norwegian, Polish, Irish, Slovakian, Romanian, Falkland, Assyrian, Haitian, Maltese, Austrian, Belgian, Gabonese, Mozambican, South african, Hungarian, Sudanese, Somali

Rank	2,704 (2000 US census)	2,706 (1990 US census)

Count	12,209 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

78.89%, or 9632 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
10.65%, or 1300 total occurrences, as black,
2.6%, or 317 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.43%, or 52 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
2.97%, or 363 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
4.46%, or 545 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

Ukrainian middle names form the same way as Russian ones, except that for girls, the patronymic ending is '-ivna' rather than '-ovna' or '-evna.' Follow the Russian middle names link to get any additional information.

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