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    The surname Rahimi

    A Persian surname, carried by 1,730 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex R500

    Rahimi: #16,582 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Rahimi #16,582, 1,730 people Rahimi: #16,582 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Rahimi #16,582, 1,730 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rahimi is more common than 89.8% of them.

    Origin

    Persian origin

    Borrowed from Persian رحیمی (rahimi).

    One of 28 Persian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,730 people named Rahimi in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 178,466 Americans. That is up 52% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,139.

    #16,582
    rank among US surnames
    1,730
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +51.9%
    change since 2000 (was #21,406)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,575Gaw1,731178,363
    #16,582Aune1,730178,466
    #16,586Curto1,729178,569

    Who is named Rahimi

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

    66% of people named Rahimi identified as white (not Hispanic), 25% as two or more races and 6.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 66%
    • Two or more races 25%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 6.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Rahimi

    Rahimi has the Soundex code R500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R500.

    Other Persian surnames

    All 28 Persian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Rahimi come from?
    Borrowed from Persian رحیمی (rahimi).
    How common is the surname Rahimi?
    1,730 people in the United States had the surname Rahimi in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 178,466 Americans. It ranked 16,582nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rahimi?
    In the 2010 Census, 66% of people named Rahimi identified as white (not Hispanic), and 25% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Rahimi getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,139 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,730 in 2010, up 52%.