Abdelrahman

English

Alternative forms

• Abdurrahman

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَبْد الرَّحْمَٰن (ʕabd ar-raḥmān). This surname is predominantly found in Sudan.

Proper noun

Abdelrahman (plural Abdelrahmans)

1. A surname from Arabic.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Abdelrahman is the 23084^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1107 individuals. Abdelrahman is most common among White (66.94%) and Black/African American (21.95%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Abdelrahman”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 2.