How common is the surname Abdullahi?

2,343 people in the United States had the surname Abdullahi in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 131,774 Americans. It ranked 13,091st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Abdullahi?

Nura Abdullahi, association football player.

Where is the surname Abdullahi most common?

Wikidata records people named Abdullahi in Nigeria.

Is the surname Abdullahi getting more or less common?

More common. 644 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,343 in 2010, up 264%.

Is Abdullahi also a first name?

Yes. Abdullahi is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Abdullahi

A surname, carried by 2,343 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex A134 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Abdullahi is more common than 91.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,343 people named Abdullahi in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 131,774 Americans. That is up 264% since 2000, when the Census counted 644.

#13,091

rank among US surnames

2,343

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+263.8%

change since 2000 (was #33,425)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,084	Ormond	2,346	131,605
#13,087	Carpentier	2,345	131,661
#13,088	Pascarella	2,344	131,717
#13,091	DiMatteo	2,343	131,774
#13,096	Highland	2,342	131,830
#13,099	Lipford	2,341	131,886

Who is named Abdullahi

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

95% of people named Abdullahi identified as Black (not Hispanic), 2.0% as two or more races and 1.5% as white (not Hispanic).

Black (not Hispanic) 95%
Two or more races 2.0%
White (not Hispanic) 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Abdullahis

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Nura Abdullahi
Association football player, born 1997

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Abdullahi

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

Questions

How common is the surname Abdullahi?: 2,343 people in the United States had the surname Abdullahi in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 131,774 Americans. It ranked 13,091st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Abdullahi?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Abdullahi identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as two or more races.
Who is the most famous person named Abdullahi?: Nura Abdullahi, association football player.
Where is the surname Abdullahi most common?: Wikidata records people named Abdullahi in Nigeria.
Is the surname Abdullahi getting more or less common?: More common. 644 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,343 in 2010, up 264%.
Is Abdullahi also a first name?: Yes. Abdullahi is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.