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    The surname Alemu

    An Amharic surname, carried by 1,100 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex A450

    Alemu: #23,185 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Alemu #23,185, 1,100 people Alemu: #23,185 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Alemu #23,185, 1,100 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Alemu is more common than 85.7% of them.

    Origin

    Amharic origin

    Borrowed from Amharic ዓለሙ (ʿalämu).

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,100 people named Alemu in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 280,678 Americans. That is up 172% since 2000, when the Census counted 405.

    #23,185
    rank among US surnames
    1,100
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +171.6%
    change since 2000 (was #48,877)

    Who is named Alemu

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

    94% of people named Alemu identified as Black (not Hispanic), 2.2% as two or more races and 1.7% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    • White (not Hispanic) 1.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Alemu

    Alemu has the Soundex code A450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A450.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Alemu come from?
    Borrowed from Amharic ዓለሙ (ʿalämu).
    How common is the surname Alemu?
    1,100 people in the United States had the surname Alemu in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 280,678 Americans. It ranked 23,185th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Alemu?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Alemu identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Alemu getting more or less common?
    More common. 405 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,100 in 2010, up 172%.