# Rahman (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/rahman/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Arabic.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Arabic |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 18,097 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,994 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 17,061 people |
| Change since 2000 | +69% (10,719 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Rehman |

## Etymology

From Arabic رَحْمَٰن (raḥmān).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Rahman in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 8.6% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 6.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 79% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 4.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Rahman in Bangladesh, Pakistan, the United States, Afghanistan and Norway.

## People named Rahman

- Zillur Rahman, 19th President of Bangladesh (1929-2013)
- Hasim Rahman, American boxer
- Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Afghan cricketer
- Shah Azizur Rahman, Bangladeshi politician (1925–1989)
- Latifur Rahman, Bangladeshi politician and judge (1936–2017)
- Ayasha Rahman, Bangladeshi cricketer
- Arifur Rahman, Bangladeshi-Norwegian political cartoonist, illustrator and animator
- Ziaur Rahman, Bangladeshi chess player (1974–2024)

## Similar surnames

Ramon, Rehman, Raman, Rayman, Rahmani, Rahaman, Roman, Romano, Runyon, Romine, Runyan, Ronan.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.