How common is the surname Salahuddin?

916 people in the United States had the surname Salahuddin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 337,058 Americans. It ranked 26,598th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Salahuddin?

In the 2010 Census, 51% of people named Salahuddin identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 37% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Who is the most famous person named Salahuddin?

Bashir Salahuddin, American actor, writer, and comedian.

Where is the surname Salahuddin most common?

Wikidata records people named Salahuddin in the United States.

Is the surname Salahuddin getting more or less common?

More common. 678 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 916 in 2010, up 35%.

The surname Salahuddin

An Arabic surname, carried by 916 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex S435

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Salahuddin is more common than 83.6% of them.

Origin

Arabic origin

Borrowed from Arabic صَلَاحُ الدِّين (ṣalāḥu d-dīn), from which also Saladin. This surname is predominantly found in Bangladesh.

One of 179 Arabic surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 916 people named Salahuddin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 337,058 Americans. That is up 35% since 2000, when the Census counted 678.

#26,598

rank among US surnames

916

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+35.1%

change since 2000 (was #32,094)

Who is named Salahuddin

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

51% of people named Salahuddin identified as Black (not Hispanic), 37% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 4.6% as white (not Hispanic).

Black (not Hispanic) 51%
Asian and Pacific Islander 37%
White (not Hispanic) 4.6%
Two or more races 3.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Salahuddins

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Bashir Salahuddin
American actor, writer, and comedian, born 1976

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Salahuddin

Salahuddin has the Soundex code S435, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S435.

Other Arabic surnames

All 179 Arabic surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Salahuddin come from?: Borrowed from Arabic صَلَاحُ الدِّين (ṣalāḥu d-dīn), from which also Saladin. This surname is predominantly found in Bangladesh.
How common is the surname Salahuddin?: 916 people in the United States had the surname Salahuddin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 337,058 Americans. It ranked 26,598th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Salahuddin?: In the 2010 Census, 51% of people named Salahuddin identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 37% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Salahuddin?: Bashir Salahuddin, American actor, writer, and comedian.
Where is the surname Salahuddin most common?: Wikidata records people named Salahuddin in the United States.
Is the surname Salahuddin getting more or less common?: More common. 678 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 916 in 2010, up 35%.