# Ibrahim (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/ibrahim/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Arabic |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 15,915 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,290 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 19,400 people |
| Change since 2000 | +85% (8,590 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɪbɹəhɪm/, 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إِبْرَاهِيم (ʔibrāhīm), borrowed from Aramaic אַבְרָהָם (ʾaḇrāhām), borrowed from Biblical Hebrew אַבְרָהָם (ʔaḇrɔhɔm). Doublet of Abraham, Abramo, Avraham, and Abrahan.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Ibrahim in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 53% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 31% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 8.2% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 4.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Ibrahim in Austria, the United States, Israel and British Raj.

## People named Ibrahim

- Adnan Ibrahim, Austrian imam and television preacher
- Raymond Ibrahim, American critic of Islam (1973-)
- Ahmed Ibrahim Salman, Arab-Israeli association footballer
- Nilima Ibrahim, Bangladeshi writer (1921-2002)

## Similar surnames

Ibrahimi.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.