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    The surname Rahaman

    A surname, carried by 1,148 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex R550

    Rahaman: #22,421 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Rahaman #22,421, 1,148 people Rahaman: #22,421 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Rahaman #22,421, 1,148 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rahaman is more common than 86.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,148 people named Rahaman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 268,942 Americans. That is up 58% since 2000, when the Census counted 727.

    #22,421
    rank among US surnames
    1,148
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +57.9%
    change since 2000 (was #30,352)

    Who is named Rahaman

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

    54% of people named Rahaman identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 22% as Black (not Hispanic) and 9.8% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 54%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 22%
    • White (not Hispanic) 9.8%
    • Two or more races 8.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 2.2%

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

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Rahaman

    Rahaman has the Soundex code R550, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R550.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Rahaman?
    1,148 people in the United States had the surname Rahaman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 268,942 Americans. It ranked 22,421st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rahaman?
    In the 2010 Census, 54% of people named Rahaman identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 22% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Rahaman getting more or less common?
    More common. 727 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,148 in 2010, up 58%.