How common is the last name Islam?

17,534 people in the United States have the last name Islam, about 1 in 17,047. It ranks #2,017 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

ISLAM

#2,017

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
17,534
About
1 in 17,047
This common or more
47.9%
Who bears it

Of the 17,534 people with the last name Islam, 90.8% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 2.8% as Black and 2.6% as White. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Islam

#2,015 Hutton · 17,542#2,016 Judd · 17,539#2,018 Bryson · 17,531#2,019 Vogt · 17,520

Spelled almost the same

One last name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Islam, most common first.

#59,512 Islami · 367

Also a first name

As a first name, Islam ranks #9,143 of 53,615, with 1,542 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1999, with 36 births. See Islam as a first name

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