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    The surname Ebrahimi

    A Persian surname, carried by 1,052 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex E165

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ebrahimi is more common than 85.2% of them.

    Origin

    Persian origin

    Borrowed from Persian ابراهیمی

    One of 28 Persian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,052 people named Ebrahimi in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 293,484 Americans. That is up 48% since 2000, when the Census counted 709.

    #23,978
    rank among US surnames
    1,052
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +48.4%
    change since 2000 (was #30,970)

    Who is named Ebrahimi

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

    81% of people named Ebrahimi identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as two or more races and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 81%
    • Two or more races 14%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Ebrahimis

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Hasiba Ebrahimi
      Afghan actress (born 1996)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Ebrahimi

    Ebrahimi has the Soundex code E165, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E165.

    Other Persian surnames

    All 28 Persian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Ebrahimi come from?
    Borrowed from Persian ابراهیمی
    How common is the surname Ebrahimi?
    1,052 people in the United States had the surname Ebrahimi in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 293,484 Americans. It ranked 23,978th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ebrahimi?
    In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Ebrahimi identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as two or more races.
    Who is the most famous person named Ebrahimi?
    Hasiba Ebrahimi, Afghan actress (born 1996).
    Where is the surname Ebrahimi most common?
    Wikidata records people named Ebrahimi in Afghanistan.
    Is the surname Ebrahimi getting more or less common?
    More common. 709 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,052 in 2010, up 48%.