Skip to content
Name Lineage

    The surname Fahim

    An Arabic surname, carried by 689 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex F500

    Fahim: #33,196 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Fahim #33,196, 689 people Fahim: #33,196 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Fahim #33,196, 689 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fahim is more common than 79.5% of them.

    Origin

    Arabic origin

    Borrowed from Arabic فَاهِم (fāhim, “understanding, perceptive”); this surname is predominantly found in Bangladesh, transliterated from Bengali ফাহিম (fahim).

    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 689 people named Fahim in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 448,107 Americans. That is up 80% since 2000, when the Census counted 382.

    #33,196
    rank among US surnames
    689
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +80.4%
    change since 2000 (was #51,233)

    Who is named Fahim

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

    65% of people named Fahim identified as white (not Hispanic), 23% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 6.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 65%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 23%
    • Two or more races 6.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Fahims

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Muhammad Fahim
      Afghan politician (1957-2014)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Fahim

    Fahim has the Soundex code F500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F500.

    Other Arabic surnames

    All 179 Arabic surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Fahim come from?
    Borrowed from Arabic فَاهِم (fāhim, “understanding, perceptive”); this surname is predominantly found in Bangladesh, transliterated from Bengali ফাহিম (fahim).
    How common is the surname Fahim?
    689 people in the United States had the surname Fahim in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 448,107 Americans. It ranked 33,196th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Fahim?
    In the 2010 Census, 65% of people named Fahim identified as white (not Hispanic), and 23% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Who is the most famous person named Fahim?
    Muhammad Fahim, Afghan politician (1957-2014).
    Where is the surname Fahim most common?
    Wikidata records people named Fahim in Afghanistan.
    Is the surname Fahim getting more or less common?
    More common. 382 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 689 in 2010, up 80%.