Find out how popular the last name Ooms is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Ooms.

Ooms, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Ooms surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Ooms in America

Ooms is the 50771st most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Ooms surname appeared 411 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Ooms.

We can also compare 2010 data for Ooms to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Ooms

The surname OOMS originated in the Netherlands during the medieval period, and is believed to be derived from the Old Dutch word "oom," meaning "uncle." It was likely initially used as a descriptive nickname for someone who was an uncle or who resembled an uncle in some way.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the OOMS surname can be found in the Leiden court records from the 15th century, where a certain Jan Ooms is mentioned as a witness in a legal case. Another early reference is in the archives of the city of Amsterdam, which mention a merchant named Pieter Ooms who lived in the late 16th century.

The OOMS surname was particularly prevalent in the provinces of Noord-Holland and Zuid-Holland, where it was often associated with families from the cities of Leiden, Amsterdam, and Rotterdam. Over time, some variations in spelling emerged, such as Oomens and Oomsse.

In the 17th century, the OOMS name appears in connection with the Dutch East India Company (VOC), as several individuals with this surname served as officers and sailors on the company's ships. One notable example is Willem Ooms, a ship's captain who was born in Rotterdam in 1620 and sailed to the East Indies multiple times.

Another prominent figure with the OOMS surname was Nicolaas Ooms, a Dutch theologian and writer who lived from 1643 to 1709. He was a respected scholar and authored several books on religious subjects.

During the 19th century, the OOMS name gained recognition through the work of the Dutch landscape painter Gijsbertus Craeyvanger Ooms (1804-1873), whose paintings captured the natural beauty of the Netherlands.

In the United States, one of the earliest recorded individuals with the OOMS surname was Jan Ooms, who was born in the Netherlands in 1790 and immigrated to New York City in the early 1800s.

Other notable individuals with the OOMS surname throughout history include Cornelis Ooms (1592-1661), a Dutch Golden Age painter known for his still-life works, and Andries Ooms (1735-1793), a Dutch politician and lawyer who served as the mayor of Leiden.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Ooms

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Ooms.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Ooms was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Ooms has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Ooms was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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