# Ahmed (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/ahmed/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Arabic.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Arabic |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 48,319 |
| US rank (2010) | 720 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 6,390 people |
| Change since 2000 | +82% (26,607 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɑːmɛd/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَحْمَد (ʔaḥmad).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Ahmed in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 16% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 22% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 57% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 4.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Ahmed in Bangladesh, Pakistan, the United Kingdom, the United States and France.

## People named Ahmed

- Riz Ahmed, British actor and rapper (born 1982)
- Sara Ahmed, British-Australian scholar (b. 1985)
- Humayun Ahmed, author, poet, dramatist and film director (1948–2012)
- Novera Ahmed, Bangladeshi artist (1939–2015)
- Taskin Ahmed, Bangladeshi cricketer
- Adnan Ahmed, association footballer
- Bonya Ahmed, American-Bangladeshi blogger and activist
- Rachid Baba Ahmed, Algerian musical producer and singer ; raï musician
- Tania Ahmed, Bangladeshi actor
- Nick Ahmed, American baseball player
- Saladin Ahmed, Arab American writer and poet
- Abbas Uddin, Bengali singer

## Similar surnames

Ahmad, Ahmadi, Ahumada, Amato, Amado, Amodeo, Ando, Andaya, Aamodt, Ante.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.