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    The surname Ameen

    An Arabic surname, carried by 969 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex A550

    Ameen: #25,503 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Ameen #25,503, 969 people Ameen: #25,503 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Ameen #25,503, 969 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ameen is more common than 84.3% of them.

    Origin

    Arabic origin

    Borrowed from Arabic أَمِين (ʔamīn, “loyal, reliable, trustworthy”). This surname is mostly found in Pakistan.

    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 969 people named Ameen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 318,623 Americans. That is up 20% since 2000, when the Census counted 808.

    #25,503
    rank among US surnames
    969
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +19.9%
    change since 2000 (was #27,945)

    Who is named Ameen

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

    54% of people named Ameen identified as white (not Hispanic), 23% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 19% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 54%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 23%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 19%
    • Two or more races 2.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Ameen

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

    Other Arabic surnames

    All 179 Arabic surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Ameen come from?
    Borrowed from Arabic أَمِين (ʔamīn, “loyal, reliable, trustworthy”). This surname is mostly found in Pakistan.
    How common is the surname Ameen?
    969 people in the United States had the surname Ameen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 318,623 Americans. It ranked 25,503rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ameen?
    In the 2010 Census, 54% of people named Ameen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 23% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Ameen getting more or less common?
    More common. 808 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 969 in 2010, up 20%.