Rahmah

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Rahmah is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Indonesia than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Ultimately from Arabic رَحْمَة (raḥma).

rarermore common
  • IDIndonesia≈1 in 7.1K(inferred from the name graph)
  • MYMalaysia≈1 in 36K
  • UGUganda≈1 in 11K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Indonesia (inferred from the name graph)

≈37,000 people, est.

Sources
145 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 7.1K (inferred from the name graph)

Indonesia, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Ultimately from Arabic رَحْمَة (raḥma).

Sources 1

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Rahmah 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 Rahmah is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
ID Indonesia#181≈37,000 est.≈1 in 7.1KlistedRahmah145
UG Uganda—≈4,100 est.≈1 in 11K—Rahmah8
MY Malaysia—≈910 est.≈1 in 36K1.8KRahmah47
NG Nigeria—≈230 est.≈1 in 916K—Rahmah13
SY Syria—≈67 est.≈1 in 291K—Rahmah4
SG Singapore—≈53 est.≈1 in 116K—Rahmah17
DK Denmark—61 in 978K6——

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: data.gov.my — Name Popularity Dashboard (JPN, by decade and ethnicity); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). 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)

Rahmah is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Malaysia, Indonesia

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Raḥmah

  • Turkish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye

    Also written Rähmâh

  • Bangla surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Malaysia, Bangladesh

    Also written রহমাহ, রাহমাহ

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Raḥmah

39 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

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)

Attested in 23 sources across 14 countries.

Official registers attesting Rahmah
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
DK DenmarkDanmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)—6#57,096

Reference works 2

  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Rahmah mean, and where does it come from?
Ultimately from Arabic رَحْمَة (raḥma). Recorded by Wiktionary.
In which country does Rahmah have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 37 thousand people named Rahmah in Indonesia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled rahmah.
How common is the name Rahmah?
In Denmark, the national register counted 6 people named Rahmah, about 1 in 978 thousand residents.
How common is Rahmah compared with other names?
In Indonesia, Rahmah is the 181st most common surname of 451,395 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, “Rahmah” — the 181st most common surname in Indonesia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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