# Amin (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/amin/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 11,137 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,243 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 27,723 people |
| Change since 2000 | +47% (7,601 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Amin in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 15% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 7.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 71% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 4.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Amin in Democratic Republic of Afghanistan, Indonesia, Pakistan, Brazil, Bangladesh and India.

## People named Amin

- Hafizullah Amin, Afghan communist revolutionary, politician and teacher (1929–1979)
- Ma'ruf Amin, 13th Vice President of Indonesia
- Nurul Amin, Bengali lawyer, politician and Prime Minister and Vice-President of Pakistan (1893-1974)
- Esperidião Amin, Brazilian politician
- Shaina Amin, Bangladeshi model, television and film actress
- Twana Amin
- Preeti Amin, actor

## Similar surnames

Aman, Amann, Ammon, Amon, Amen, Amini, Ameen, Auman, Ammann, Annan, Anyanwu.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.