Last Name PHAM

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	Sail. Ordinary, common. Numerous, manifold. Solid rock.

Origin	Chinese, Danish, Vietnamese, Norwegian, Cambodian

Rank	498 (2000 US census)	1,455 (1990 US census)

Count	59,949 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

1.31%, or 785 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
0.18%, or 108 total occurrences, as black,
95.86%, or 57467 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.06%, or 36 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.98%, or 1187 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
0.63%, or 378 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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