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    The surname Ahmadi

    An Arabic surname, carried by 2,285 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex A530

    Ahmadi: #13,344 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Ahmadi #13,344, 2,285 people Ahmadi: #13,344 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Ahmadi #13,344, 2,285 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ahmadi is more common than 91.8% of them.

    Origin

    Arabic origin

    Borrowed from Arabic أَحْمَدِيّ (ʔaḥmadiyy) or Persian احمدی. By surface analysis, Ahmad + -i.

    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 2,285 people named Ahmadi in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 135,118 Americans. That is up 48% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,548.

    #13,344
    rank among US surnames
    2,285
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +47.6%
    change since 2000 (was #16,944)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,338Saxena2,286135,059
    #13,344Stroupe2,285135,118
    #13,349Starbuck2,284135,178

    Who is named Ahmadi

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

    66% of people named Ahmadi identified as white (not Hispanic), 24% as two or more races and 5.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 66%
    • Two or more races 24%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 5.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Ahmadi

    Ahmadi has the Soundex code A530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A530.

    Other Arabic surnames

    All 179 Arabic surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Ahmadi come from?
    Borrowed from Arabic أَحْمَدِيّ (ʔaḥmadiyy) or Persian احمدی. By surface analysis, Ahmad + -i.
    How common is the surname Ahmadi?
    2,285 people in the United States had the surname Ahmadi in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 135,118 Americans. It ranked 13,344th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ahmadi?
    In the 2010 Census, 66% of people named Ahmadi identified as white (not Hispanic), and 24% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Ahmadi getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,548 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,285 in 2010, up 48%.