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    The surname Habibi

    An Arabic surname, carried by 741 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex H110

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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). Habibi is more common than 80.7% of them.

    Origin

    Arabic origin

    From a suffixed form of Arabic حَبِيب (ḥabīb, “beloved”), from the root ح ب ب (ḥ b b) relating to love.

    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 741 people named Habibi in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 416,661 Americans. That is up 42% since 2000, when the Census counted 523.

    #31,285
    rank among US surnames
    741
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +41.7%
    change since 2000 (was #39,560)

    Who is named Habibi

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

    62% of people named Habibi identified as white (not Hispanic), 24% as two or more races and 9.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 62%
    • Two or more races 24%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 9.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Habibis

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Shafiqa Habibi
      Afghan journalist, born 1946

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Habibi

    Habibi has the Soundex code H110, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H110.

    Other Arabic surnames

    All 179 Arabic surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Habibi come from?
    From a suffixed form of Arabic حَبِيب (ḥabīb, “beloved”), from the root ح ب ب (ḥ b b) relating to love.
    How common is the surname Habibi?
    741 people in the United States had the surname Habibi in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 416,661 Americans. It ranked 31,285th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Habibi?
    In the 2010 Census, 62% of people named Habibi identified as white (not Hispanic), and 24% as two or more races.
    Who is the most famous person named Habibi?
    Shafiqa Habibi, Afghan journalist.
    Where is the surname Habibi most common?
    Wikidata records people named Habibi in Afghanistan.
    Is the surname Habibi getting more or less common?
    More common. 523 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 741 in 2010, up 42%.