How common is the surname Ibrahim?

15,915 people in the United States had the surname Ibrahim in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 19,400 Americans. It ranked 2,290th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Ibrahim?

Adnan Ibrahim, Austrian imam and television preacher, followed by Raymond Ibrahim.

Where is the surname Ibrahim most common?

Wikidata records people named Ibrahim in Austria, the United States and Israel and 1 other country.

How do you pronounce Ibrahim?

Ibrahim is /ˈɪbɹəhɪm/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname Ibrahim getting more or less common?

More common. 8,590 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 15,915 in 2010, up 85%.

Is Ibrahim also a first name?

Yes. Ibrahim is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Ibrahim

An Arabic surname, carried by 15,915 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈɪbɹəhɪm/ 3 syllables Soundex I165 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ibrahim is more common than 98.6% of them.

Origin

Arabic origin

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

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 15,915 people named Ibrahim in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 19,400 Americans. That is up 85% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,590.

#2,290

rank among US surnames

15,915

people in 2010

5.4

per 100,000 Americans

+85.3%

change since 2000 (was #3,785)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,281	Nugent	15,977	19,324
#2,282	Boudreaux	15,976	19,326
#2,283	Nickerson	15,970	19,333
#2,284	Sorenson	15,962	19,343
#2,285	Rowell	15,952	19,355
#2,286	Coats	15,943	19,366
#2,287	Yoon	15,936	19,374

Who is named Ibrahim

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

53% of people named Ibrahim identified as white (not Hispanic), 31% as Black (not Hispanic) and 8.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Ibrahims

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Adnan Ibrahim
Austrian imam and television preacher, born 1966
Raymond Ibrahim
American critic of Islam (1973-)
Ahmed Ibrahim Salman
Arab-Israeli association footballer, born 2004
Nilima Ibrahim
Bangladeshi writer (1921-2002)

Notable Ibrahims come mostly from Austria (1), the United States (1) and Israel (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ibrahim

Ibrahimi

Ibrahim has the Soundex code I165, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code I165.

Other Arabic surnames

All 179 Arabic surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Ibrahim come from?: Borrowed from Arabic إِبْرَاهِيم (ʔibrāhīm), borrowed from Aramaic אַבְרָהָם (ʾaḇrāhām), borrowed from Biblical Hebrew אַבְרָהָם (ʔaḇrɔhɔm). Doublet of Abraham, Abramo, Avraham, and Abrahan.
How common is the surname Ibrahim?: 15,915 people in the United States had the surname Ibrahim in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 19,400 Americans. It ranked 2,290th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ibrahim?: In the 2010 Census, 53% of people named Ibrahim identified as white (not Hispanic), and 31% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Ibrahim?: Adnan Ibrahim, Austrian imam and television preacher, followed by Raymond Ibrahim.
Where is the surname Ibrahim most common?: Wikidata records people named Ibrahim in Austria, the United States and Israel and 1 other country.
How do you pronounce Ibrahim?: Ibrahim is /ˈɪbɹəhɪm/, 3 syllables.
Is the surname Ibrahim getting more or less common?: More common. 8,590 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 15,915 in 2010, up 85%.
Is Ibrahim also a first name?: Yes. Ibrahim is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.