How common is the surname Usman?

1,024 people in the United States had the surname Usman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 301,509 Americans. It ranked 24,446th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Usman getting more or less common?

More common. 586 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,024 in 2010, up 75%.

Is Usman also a first name?

Yes. Usman is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Usman

An Arabic patronymic surname, carried by 1,024 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex U255 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Usman is more common than 84.9% of them.

Origin

Arabic origin

Via an intermediary language, such as Classical Persian عُثْمَان (usmān), or Malay Usman, from Arabic عُثْمَان (ʕuṯmān).

Usman is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

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 1,024 people named Usman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 301,509 Americans. That is up 75% since 2000, when the Census counted 586.

#24,446

rank among US surnames

1,024

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+74.7%

change since 2000 (was #36,129)

Who is named Usman

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

66% of people named Usman identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 19% as Black (not Hispanic) and 6.7% as white (not Hispanic).

Asian and Pacific Islander 66%
Black (not Hispanic) 19%
White (not Hispanic) 6.7%
Two or more races 5.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Oosman
Ousmane

Surnames that sound like Usman

Usmani

Usman has the Soundex code U255, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code U255.

Other Arabic surnames

All 179 Arabic surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Usman come from?: Via an intermediary language, such as Classical Persian عُثْمَان (usmān), or Malay Usman, from Arabic عُثْمَان (ʕuṯmān).
How common is the surname Usman?: 1,024 people in the United States had the surname Usman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 301,509 Americans. It ranked 24,446th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Usman?: In the 2010 Census, 66% of people named Usman identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 19% as Black (not Hispanic).
What type of surname is Usman?: Usman is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Usman getting more or less common?: More common. 586 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,024 in 2010, up 75%.
What are other spellings of Usman?: Oosman and Ousmane.
Is Usman also a first name?: Yes. Usman is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.