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    The surname Abdelrahman

    An Arabic surname, carried by 1,107 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex A134

    Abdelrahman: #23,084 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Abdelrahman #23,084, 1,107 people Abdelrahman: #23,084 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Abdelrahman #23,084, 1,107 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Abdelrahman is more common than 85.8% of them.

    Origin

    Arabic origin

    Borrowed from Arabic عَبْد الرَّحْمَٰن (ʕabd ar-raḥmān). This surname is predominantly found in Sudan.

    One of 179 Arabic surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,107 people named Abdelrahman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 278,903 Americans. That is up 77% since 2000, when the Census counted 624.

    #23,084
    rank among US surnames
    1,107
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +77.4%
    change since 2000 (was #34,342)

    Who is named Abdelrahman

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    67% of people named Abdelrahman identified as white (not Hispanic), 22% as Black (not Hispanic) and 6.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 67%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 22%
    • Two or more races 6.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Abdelrahman

    Abdelrahman has the Soundex code A134, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A134.

    Other Arabic surnames

    All 179 Arabic surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Abdelrahman come from?
    Borrowed from Arabic عَبْد الرَّحْمَٰن (ʕabd ar-raḥmān). This surname is predominantly found in Sudan.
    How common is the surname Abdelrahman?
    1,107 people in the United States had the surname Abdelrahman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 278,903 Americans. It ranked 23,084th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Abdelrahman?
    In the 2010 Census, 67% of people named Abdelrahman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 22% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Abdelrahman getting more or less common?
    More common. 624 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,107 in 2010, up 77%.
    What are other spellings of Abdelrahman?
    Abdurrahman.