Explore the Family Name Washam

The meaning of Washam

Perhaps an Americanized form of German Wasem.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

How common is the last name Washam in the United States?

Based on the data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Washam saw a slight decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it ranked 13,019th among all surnames in the United States, but slipped to 13,153rd place ten years later, marking a decline of 1.03%. Despite this drop in ranking, the actual number of people with this surname increased by 7.78% during the same period, from 2,159 individuals in 2000 to 2,327 in 2010. The proportion of people named Washam per 100k also slightly decreased by 1.25%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#13,019	#13,153	-1.03%
Count	2,159	2,327	7.78%
Proportion per 100k	0.8	0.79	-1.25%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Washam

The ethnic identity associated with the surname Washam also shifted somewhat over this decade, according to the Decennial U.S. Census. In 2000, the majority of people with this last name identified as White (86.48%), followed by Black (10.70%), and smaller percentages identifying as Two or more races, Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander, and American Indian and Alaskan Native. By 2010, the percentage of those identifying as White had slightly decreased to 84.66%, while there were increases in the percentages of people identifying as Black (11.13%) and Two or more races (2.19%). There were also slight increases in the proportions of people identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian and Alaskan Native. However, there was a decrease in the percentage of people identifying as Hispanic.

	2000	2010	Change
White	86.48%	84.66%	-2.1%
Black	10.7%	11.13%	4.02%
Two or More Races	1.11%	2.19%	97.3%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.46%	0.77%	67.39%
Hispanic	0.83%	0.69%	-16.87%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0.42%	0.56%	33.33%