Rahme Surname
Approximately 2,127 people bear this surname
Rahme Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saudi Arabia | 477 | 1:64,687 | 9,689 |
| United States | 388 | 1:934,173 | 69,936 |
| Australia | 239 | 1:112,953 | 12,558 |
| South Africa | 222 | 1:244,044 | 24,925 |
| Canada | 126 | 1:292,425 | 27,191 |
| Brazil | 109 | 1:1,963,985 | 62,590 |
| United Arab Emirates | 74 | 1:123,814 | 10,355 |
| Sweden | 74 | 1:133,064 | 9,401 |
| Mexico | 67 | 1:1,852,630 | 18,093 |
| Indonesia | 59 | 1:2,241,512 | 136,522 |
| France | 58 | 1:1,145,219 | 121,886 |
| Kuwait | 48 | 1:79,181 | 9,331 |
| England | 31 | 1:1,797,357 | 72,927 |
| Argentina | 29 | 1:1,473,911 | 82,038 |
| Qatar | 19 | 1:124,105 | 14,725 |
| Venezuela | 17 | 1:1,776,710 | 22,419 |
| Mauritania | 14 | 1:292,490 | 12,957 |
| Lebanon | 9 | 1:626,343 | 14,059 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Syria | 4 | 1:4,825,256 | 12,827 |
| Czechia | 4 | 1:2,658,367 | 127,801 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 18 | 1:2,789,927 | 129,797 |
The alternate forms: Rähme (49) & Rahmé (37) are calculated separately.
Rahme (1,333) may also be a first name.
Rahme Demographics
Average Rahme Salary in
United States
$55,499 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Rahme Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rahme Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Rahme (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺭﺣﻤﻪ, Marathi: रहीम) is held by more people in Saudi Arabia than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Rähme or Rahmé. For other potential spellings of Rahme click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rahme? popularity and diffusion
Rahme is the 196,943rd most prevalent family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 3,426,209 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 34 percent of Rahme reside; 30 percent reside in West Asia and 29 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula. It is also the 215,140th most commonly used first name globally, held by 1,333 people.
It is most frequently used in Saudi Arabia, where it is held by 477 people, or 1 in 64,687. Not including Saudi Arabia Rahme exists in 53 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 18 percent live and Australia, where 11 percent live.
Rahme Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Rahme has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Rahme last name expanded 2,156 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Rahme Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Rahme surname are 21.98% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 68.75% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Rahme earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 193.61% more than the national average, earning R 697,740 per year; in United States they earn 28.62% more than the national average, earning $55,499 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11% more than the national average, earning $55,147 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Rahme Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rahme in the Marathi language | ||
| रहीम | rahima | - |
| Rahme in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺭﺣﻤﻪ | rhmh | 66.67 |
| ﺭﺣﻤﺔ | rhmt | 21.43 |
| ﺍﻟﺮﺣﻤﻪ | alrhmh | 9.52 |
| ﺍﻟﺮﺣﻤﺔ | alrhmt | 2.38 |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Rahme
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