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    The surname Imam

    An Arabic occupational surname, carried by 817 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex I550

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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). Imam is more common than 82.1% of them.

    Origin

    Arabic origin

    Occupational surname, borrowed from Arabic إمام (ʔimām). This surname is mostly found in Afghanistan and Bangladesh.

    Imam 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 817 people named Imam in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 377,902 Americans. That is up 74% since 2000, when the Census counted 471.

    #29,041
    rank among US surnames
    817
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +73.5%
    change since 2000 (was #43,232)

    Who is named Imam

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

    71% of people named Imam identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 13% as white (not Hispanic) and 9.3% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 71%
    • White (not Hispanic) 13%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 9.3%
    • Two or more races 3.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

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

    Famous Imams

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jahanara Imam
      Bangladeshi writer (1929–1994)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Imam

    Imam has the Soundex code I550, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code I550.

    Other Arabic surnames

    All 179 Arabic surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Imam come from?
    Occupational surname, borrowed from Arabic إمام (ʔimām). This surname is mostly found in Afghanistan and Bangladesh.
    How common is the surname Imam?
    817 people in the United States had the surname Imam in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 377,902 Americans. It ranked 29,041st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Imam?
    In the 2010 Census, 71% of people named Imam identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 13% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Imam?
    Jahanara Imam, Bangladeshi writer (1929–1994).
    Where is the surname Imam most common?
    Wikidata records people named Imam in Pakistan.
    What type of surname is Imam?
    Imam is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Imam getting more or less common?
    More common. 471 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 817 in 2010, up 74%.