How common is the surname Aman?

3,872 people in the United States had the surname Aman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 79,738 Americans. It ranked 8,506th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Aman?

In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Aman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Who is the most famous person named Aman?

Zeenat Aman, Bollywood actress, followed by Charles Aman.

Where is the surname Aman most common?

Wikidata records people named Aman in India, the United States and Afghanistan.

Is the surname Aman getting more or less common?

More common. 3,489 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,872 in 2010, up 11%.

The surname Aman

A surname, carried by 3,872 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex A550

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Aman is more common than 94.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,872 people named Aman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 79,738 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,489.

#8,506

rank among US surnames

3,872

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+11%

change since 2000 (was #8,676)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,501	Mefford	3,875	79,676
#8,504	Kurz	3,874	79,697
#8,505	Hubbs	3,873	79,717
#8,506	Aman	3,872	79,738
#8,509	Segarra	3,871	79,759
#8,511	Sainz	3,869	79,800
#8,512	Shedd	3,868	79,820

Who is named Aman

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

78% of people named Aman identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 6.5% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 78%
Asian and Pacific Islander 8.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
Two or more races 3.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Amans

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Zeenat Aman
Bollywood actress, born 1951
Charles Aman
American rower (1887–1936)
Hamida Aman
Afghan journalist, born 1973

Notable Amans come mostly from India (1), the United States (1) and Afghanistan (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Aman

Aman has the Soundex code A550, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A550.

Questions

How common is the surname Aman?: 3,872 people in the United States had the surname Aman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 79,738 Americans. It ranked 8,506th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Aman?: In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Aman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Aman?: Zeenat Aman, Bollywood actress, followed by Charles Aman.
Where is the surname Aman most common?: Wikidata records people named Aman in India, the United States and Afghanistan.
Is the surname Aman getting more or less common?: More common. 3,489 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,872 in 2010, up 11%.