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    The surname Rahmani

    A Persian surname, carried by 1,056 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex R550

    Rahmani: #23,899 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Rahmani #23,899, 1,056 people Rahmani: #23,899 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Rahmani #23,899, 1,056 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rahmani is more common than 85.3% of them.

    Origin

    Persian origin

    Borrowed from Persian رحمانی

    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 1,056 people named Rahmani in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 292,373 Americans. That is up 53% since 2000, when the Census counted 689.

    #23,899
    rank among US surnames
    1,056
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +53.3%
    change since 2000 (was #31,704)

    Who is named Rahmani

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

    68% of people named Rahmani identified as white (not Hispanic), 20% as two or more races and 9.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 68%
    • Two or more races 20%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 9.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Rahmanis

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Miloud Rahmani
      Algerian hurdler, born 1982

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Rahmani

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

    Other Persian surnames

    All 28 Persian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Rahmani come from?
    Borrowed from Persian رحمانی
    How common is the surname Rahmani?
    1,056 people in the United States had the surname Rahmani in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 292,373 Americans. It ranked 23,899th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rahmani?
    In the 2010 Census, 68% of people named Rahmani identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as two or more races.
    Who is the most famous person named Rahmani?
    Miloud Rahmani, Algerian hurdler.
    Where is the surname Rahmani most common?
    Wikidata records people named Rahmani in Algeria.
    Is the surname Rahmani getting more or less common?
    More common. 689 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,056 in 2010, up 53%.