Last Name EAMES

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Meaning	The son of Emma, from the nickname Em or Emm. The Norfolk Emms is also found in the form of Emes. Also, local, 'at the elms,' from residence thereby. By some provinciallism this became Ealmes. After that Eames was unavoidable.

Origin	English, Irish, Zimbabwean

Rank	10,629 (2000 US census)	8,746 (1990 US census)

Count	2,766 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

87.89%, or 2431 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
7.56%, or 209 total occurrences, as black,
0.4%, or 11 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.51%, or 14 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.27%, or 35 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
2.39%, or 66 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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