Rahmàn

surname · Latin script

Rahmàn is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Bangladesh than in any other country, where it is the 5th most common surname. Recorded meaning: Ultimately from Arabic رَحْمٰن (raḥmān).

rarermore common
  • BDBangladesh≈1 in 40(inferred from the name graph)
  • BHBahrain≈1 in 366
  • QAQatar≈1 in 536

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Rahmàn itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Bangladesh (inferred from the name graph)

≈4,100,000 people, est.

#717 (measured from records)

of 19M surnames

5 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
345 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 40 (inferred from the name graph)

Bangladesh, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

RahmànLatin(measured from records)
রহমানBengali(measured from records)
റഹ്മാൻMalayalam(measured from records)
ரகுமானTamil(measured from records)
რაჰმანGeorgian(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Rahman in IN India, MY Malaysia, BD Bangladesh and 7 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Ultimately from Arabic رَحْمٰن (raḥmān).

Sources 9

  • African Muslim Names
  • DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
  • Muslim baby names (our 2,000 meaningful and beautiful names for boys and girls) English-Urdu with Roman
  • TDK Kişi Adları Sözlüğü (official Turkish given-name dictionary)
  • Wiktionary

Attested across 30 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Rahmàn counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Rahmàn is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
BD Bangladesh#5≈4,100,000 est.≈1 in 40listedRahman233
ID Indonesia#18≈270,000 est.≈1 in 972listedRahman253
PK Pakistan#48≈200,000 est.≈1 in 1.1K35Rahman113
IN India#30550,190as Rohoman1 in 26K50KRahman187
MY Malaysia#7≈39,000 est.≈1 in 846—Rahman144
US United States—18,0971 in 18K26KRahman345
AE United Arab Emirates#7≈17,000 est.≈1 in 598—Rahman144
QA Qatar#19≈4,600 est.≈1 in 536—Rahman72
BH Bahrain#13≈4,100 est.≈1 in 366—Rahman58
KW Kuwait#48≈3,900 est.≈1 in 772—Rahman58

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) — Form-33 List of Contesting Candidates, 2018 General Election; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Rahmàn is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname13 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, India, Malaysia, United Kingdom

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Rahman, Ŕãhmäň, Ràhman, Rãhmãn, Řăhmàň

  • Danish surname13 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United Kingdom, Malaysia, India, United States

    Languages: Danish, Swedish, Norwegian

    Also written Rahman, Râhmân, Rähmän, Rãhmãñ, Råhmåñ

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Rahmàn under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Rahmàn mean, and where does it come from?
Ultimately from Arabic رَحْمٰن (raḥmān). Recorded by African Muslim Names and DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen and 7 other sources.
In which country does Rahmàn have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 4.1 million people named Rahmàn in Bangladesh, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled rahman.
How common is the name Rahmàn?
In the United States, the national register counted 18,097 people named Rahmàn in 2010, about 1 in 18 thousand residents.
How common is Rahmàn compared with other names?
In Bangladesh, Rahmàn is the 5th most common surname of 12,312 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Rahmàn” — the 5th most common surname in Bangladesh. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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