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    The surname Ahmed

    An Arabic surname, carried by 48,319 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈɑːmɛd/ 2 syllables Soundex A530 Also a first name

    Ahmed: #720 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Ahmed #720, 48,319 people Ahmed: #720 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Ahmed #720, 48,319 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ahmed is more common than 99.6% of them.

    Origin

    Arabic origin

    Borrowed from Arabic أَحْمَد (ʔaḥmad).

    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 48,319 people named Ahmed in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 6,390 Americans. That is up 82% since 2000, when the Census counted 26,607.

    #720
    rank among US surnames
    48,319
    people in 2010
    16
    per 100,000 Americans
    +81.6%
    change since 2000 (was #1,206)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #711Kaur48,7536,333
    #712Berg48,7466,334
    #713Wiley48,7206,337
    #714Gilmore48,7196,337
    #715Russo48,6966,340
    #716Villegas48,5996,353
    #717Hobbs48,5226,363

    Who is named Ahmed

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

    57% of people named Ahmed identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 22% as Black (not Hispanic) and 16% as white (not Hispanic).

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

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Famous Ahmeds

    12 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • 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, born 1995
    • Adnan Ahmed
      Association footballer, born 1984
    • Bonya Ahmed
      American-Bangladeshi blogger and activist, born 1969
    • Rachid Baba Ahmed
      Algerian musical producer and singer ; raï musician, 1946–1995
    • Tania Ahmed
      Bangladeshi actor, born 1972
    • Nick Ahmed
      American baseball player, born 1990
    • Saladin Ahmed
      Arab American writer and poet, born 1975
    • Abbas Uddin
      Bengali singer, 1901–1959

    Notable Ahmeds come mostly from Bangladesh (4), Pakistan (3) and the United Kingdom (2).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Ahmed

    Ahmed 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 Ahmed come from?
    Borrowed from Arabic أَحْمَد (ʔaḥmad).
    How common is the surname Ahmed?
    48,319 people in the United States had the surname Ahmed in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 6,390 Americans. It ranked 720th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ahmed?
    In the 2010 Census, 57% of people named Ahmed identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 22% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Ahmed?
    Riz Ahmed, British actor and rapper (born 1982), followed by Sara Ahmed.
    Where is the surname Ahmed most common?
    Wikidata records people named Ahmed in Bangladesh, Pakistan and the United Kingdom and 2 other countries.
    How do you pronounce Ahmed?
    Ahmed is /ˈɑːmɛd/, 2 syllables.
    Is the surname Ahmed getting more or less common?
    More common. 26,607 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 48,319 in 2010, up 82%.
    Is Ahmed also a first name?
    Yes. Ahmed 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.