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    The surname Alamin

    An Arabic surname, carried by 622 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex A455

    Alamin: #36,048 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Alamin #36,048, 622 people Alamin: #36,048 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Alamin #36,048, 622 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Alamin is more common than 77.8% of them.

    Origin

    Arabic origin

    Borrowed from Arabic الْأَمِين (al-ʔamīn). This surname is mostly found in Sudan and Bangladesh.

    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 622 people named Alamin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 496,375 Americans. That is up 49% since 2000, when the Census counted 418.

    #36,048
    rank among US surnames
    622
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +48.8%
    change since 2000 (was #47,654)

    Who is named Alamin

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

    67% of people named Alamin identified as Black (not Hispanic), 9.3% as white (not Hispanic) and 9.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 67%
    • White (not Hispanic) 9.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 9.3%
    • Two or more races 8.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Alamin

    Alamin has the Soundex code A455, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A455.

    Other Arabic surnames

    All 179 Arabic surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Alamin come from?
    Borrowed from Arabic الْأَمِين (al-ʔamīn). This surname is mostly found in Sudan and Bangladesh.
    How common is the surname Alamin?
    622 people in the United States had the surname Alamin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 496,375 Americans. It ranked 36,048th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Alamin?
    In the 2010 Census, 67% of people named Alamin identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 9.3% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Alamin getting more or less common?
    More common. 418 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 622 in 2010, up 49%.