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The surname Othman

A surname, carried by 1,588 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex O355

Othman: #17,673 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Othman #17,673, 1,588 people Othman: #17,673 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Othman #17,673, 1,588 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Othman is more common than 89.1% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,588 people named Othman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 194,424 Americans. That is up 59% since 2000, when the Census counted 996.

#17,673
rank among US surnames
1,588
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
+59.4%
change since 2000 (was #23,721)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#17,668Moravec1,589194,302
#17,673Siqueiros1,588194,424
#17,682Najjar1,587194,547

Who is named Othman

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

78% of people named Othman identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.9% as two or more races and 5.7% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

  • White (not Hispanic) 78%
  • Two or more races 5.9%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 5.7%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.3%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 4.8%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Othman

Othman has the Soundex code O355, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O355.

Questions

How common is the surname Othman?
1,588 people in the United States had the surname Othman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 194,424 Americans. It ranked 17,673rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Othman?
In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Othman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.9% as two or more races.
Is the surname Othman getting more or less common?
More common. 996 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,588 in 2010, up 59%.