How common is the surname Ghanem?

1,017 people in the United States had the surname Ghanem in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 303,585 Americans. It ranked 24,572nd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Ghanem getting more or less common?

More common. 681 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,017 in 2010, up 49%.

The surname Ghanem

An Arabic surname, carried by 1,017 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G550

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ghanem is more common than 84.9% of them.

Origin

Arabic origin

Borrowed from Arabic غانم (ḡānim). This surname is mostly found in Egypt.

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 1,017 people named Ghanem in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 303,585 Americans. That is up 49% since 2000, when the Census counted 681.

#24,572

rank among US surnames

1,017

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+49.3%

change since 2000 (was #31,986)

Who is named Ghanem

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

85% of people named Ghanem identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.8% as two or more races and 4.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 85%
Two or more races 7.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Ganem

Surnames that sound like Ghanem

Ghanem has the Soundex code G550, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G550.

Other Arabic surnames

All 179 Arabic surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Ghanem come from?: Borrowed from Arabic غانم (ḡānim). This surname is mostly found in Egypt.
How common is the surname Ghanem?: 1,017 people in the United States had the surname Ghanem in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 303,585 Americans. It ranked 24,572nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ghanem?: In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Ghanem identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.8% as two or more races.
Is the surname Ghanem getting more or less common?: More common. 681 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,017 in 2010, up 49%.
What are other spellings of Ghanem?: Ganem.