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    The surname Usmani

    An Urdu surname, carried by 658 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex U255

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Usmani is more common than 78.8% of them.

    Origin

    Urdu origin

    Borrowed from Urdu عُثْمانی ('usmānī, surname denoting descent from or association with someone called Usman). This surname is mostly found in Pakistan.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 658 people named Usmani in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 469,218 Americans. That is up 78% since 2000, when the Census counted 370.

    #34,427
    rank among US surnames
    658
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +77.8%
    change since 2000 (was #52,608)

    Who is named Usmani

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

    88% of people named Usmani identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 5.5% as white (not Hispanic) and 5.0% as two or more races.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 88%
    • White (not Hispanic) 5.5%
    • Two or more races 5.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Native American are not shown.

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

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Usmani

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname Usmani come from?
    Borrowed from Urdu عُثْمانی ('usmānī, surname denoting descent from or association with someone called Usman). This surname is mostly found in Pakistan.
    How common is the surname Usmani?
    658 people in the United States had the surname Usmani in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 469,218 Americans. It ranked 34,427th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Usmani?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Usmani identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 5.5% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Usmani getting more or less common?
    More common. 370 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 658 in 2010, up 78%.