How common is the surname Iman?

1,610 people in the United States had the surname Iman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 191,767 Americans. It ranked 17,502nd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Iman getting more or less common?

More common. 1,253 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,610 in 2010, up 29%.

Is Iman also a first name?

Yes. Iman 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 Iman

An Arabic surname, carried by 1,610 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex I550 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). Iman is more common than 89.2% of them.

Origin

Arabic origin

See iman.

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 1,610 people named Iman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 191,767 Americans. That is up 29% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,253.

#17,502

rank among US surnames

1,610

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+28.5%

change since 2000 (was #19,852)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,495	Cleek	1,611	191,648
#17,502	Iman	1,610	191,767

Who is named Iman

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

57% of people named Iman identified as white (not Hispanic), 18% as Black (not Hispanic) and 14% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 57%
Black (not Hispanic) 18%
Asian and Pacific Islander 14%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8.9%
Two or more races 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Iman

Iman 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 Iman come from?: See iman.
How common is the surname Iman?: 1,610 people in the United States had the surname Iman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 191,767 Americans. It ranked 17,502nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Iman?: In the 2010 Census, 57% of people named Iman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Iman getting more or less common?: More common. 1,253 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,610 in 2010, up 29%.
Is Iman also a first name?: Yes. Iman 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.