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    The surname Ghuman

    A Punjabi surname, carried by 656 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G550

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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). Ghuman is more common than 78.7% of them.

    Origin

    Punjabi origin

    Borrowed from Punjabi گھمن (ghummaṇ) / Punjabi ਘੁੰਮਣ (ghummaṇ), ultimately from Prakrit 𑀖𑀼𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀇 (ghummaï).

    One of 39 Punjabi surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 656 people named Ghuman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 470,649 Americans. That is up 58% since 2000, when the Census counted 415.

    #34,495
    rank among US surnames
    656
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +58.1%
    change since 2000 (was #47,939)

    Who is named Ghuman

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

    92% of people named Ghuman identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 3.7% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as two or more races.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 92%
    • White (not Hispanic) 3.7%
    • Two or more races 2.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Ghuman

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

    Other Punjabi surnames

    All 39 Punjabi surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Ghuman come from?
    Borrowed from Punjabi گھمن (ghummaṇ) / Punjabi ਘੁੰਮਣ (ghummaṇ), ultimately from Prakrit 𑀖𑀼𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀇 (ghummaï).
    How common is the surname Ghuman?
    656 people in the United States had the surname Ghuman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 470,649 Americans. It ranked 34,495th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ghuman?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Ghuman identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 3.7% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Ghuman getting more or less common?
    More common. 415 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 656 in 2010, up 58%.