# Ebrahim (surname)

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

A surname from Arabic [in turn originating as a patronymic].

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Arabic |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 884 |
| US rank (2010) | 27,331 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 349,260 people |
| Change since 2000 | +57% (565 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Alternative transliteration of Arabic إِبْرَاهِيم (ʔibrāhīm), as a patronymic surname.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Ebrahim 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) | 50% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 12% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 29% |
| Two or more races | 5.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Ebrahim in Israel.

## People named Ebrahim

- Ahmed Ibrahim Salman, Arab-Israeli association footballer

## Similar surnames

Ebrahimi, Ephraim, Everman, Ebron, Efron.

## 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.