How common is the last name Ahmed?

74,458 people in the United States have the last name Ahmed, about 1 in 4,014. It ranks #437 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

AHMED

#437

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
74,458
About
1 in 4,014
This common or more
30.5%
Who bears it

Of the 74,458 people with the last name Ahmed, 52.8% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 25.4% as Black and 16.7% as White. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Ahmed

#435 Christensen · 74,664#436 Moss · 74,470#438 Dennis · 74,379#439 Swanson · 74,015

Spelled almost the same

3 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ahmed, most common first.

#1,553 Ahmad · 22,586#25,283 Ahamed · 1,025#87,624 Ahmedi · 228

Also a first name

As a first name, Ahmed ranks #1,091 of 53,615, with 37,887 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2015, with 590 births. See Ahmed as a first name

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