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    The surname Ghannam

    An Arabic occupational surname, carried by 599 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G550

    Ghannam: #37,229 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Ghannam #37,229, 599 people Ghannam: #37,229 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Ghannam #37,229, 599 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ghannam is more common than 77.1% of them.

    Origin

    Arabic origin

    Borrowed from Arabic غنام (ghannam, “shepherd”). This surname is mostly found in Saudi Arabia.

    Ghannam is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    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 599 people named Ghannam in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 515,435 Americans. That is up 39% since 2000, when the Census counted 431.

    #37,229
    rank among US surnames
    599
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +39%
    change since 2000 (was #46,523)

    Who is named Ghannam

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

    89% of people named Ghannam identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.0% as two or more races and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 89%
    • Two or more races 7.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.5%
    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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    Surnames that sound like Ghannam

    Ghannam 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 Ghannam come from?
    Borrowed from Arabic غنام (ghannam, “shepherd”). This surname is mostly found in Saudi Arabia.
    How common is the surname Ghannam?
    599 people in the United States had the surname Ghannam in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 515,435 Americans. It ranked 37,229th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ghannam?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Ghannam identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.0% as two or more races.
    What type of surname is Ghannam?
    Ghannam is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Ghannam getting more or less common?
    More common. 431 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 599 in 2010, up 39%.