Find out how popular the last name Abdelghani is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Abdelghani.

Abdelghani, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Abdelghani surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Abdelghani in America

Abdelghani is the 68345th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Abdelghani surname appeared 288 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Abdelghani.

We can also compare 2010 data for Abdelghani to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Abdelghani

The surname ABDELGHANI has its origins in the Arabic language and culture, tracing back to the early medieval period in North Africa and the Middle East. This name is derived from the Arabic words "Abd" meaning servant and "Al-Ghani" which is one of the names of God, signifying "The Enricher" or "The Bestower of Abundance."

ABDELGHANI was a name commonly found among Muslim families, particularly in regions that were once part of the vast Islamic empires, such as modern-day Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, and parts of the Levant. The earliest known records of this surname date back to the 10th and 11th centuries, when it appeared in various historical manuscripts and chronicles from the region.

One notable historical figure bearing this surname was Abu'l-Qasim Abdelghani al-Nabulusi, a renowned Syrian scholar, poet, and Sufi mystic who lived in Damascus during the 17th century (1641-1731). His writings and teachings significantly influenced the spiritual and intellectual landscape of the time.

In the 14th century, a prominent family of scholars and jurists from Granada, Spain, known as the Banu Abdelghani, made significant contributions to the fields of Islamic jurisprudence and theology. The patriarch of this family, Muhammad ibn Yusuf Abdelghani (1337-1407), was a respected legal authority and author of several influential works.

Another notable bearer of the ABDELGHANI surname was Ahmed Abdelghani, a 19th-century Algerian resistance leader who played a pivotal role in the struggle against French colonial rule in North Africa. His resistance efforts and leadership during the early stages of the Algerian resistance movement have been documented in various historical accounts from the period.

In more recent times, the ABDELGHANI surname has been associated with several prominent figures, including Tahar Abdelghani (1888-1944), an Algerian politician and activist who advocated for Algerian independence from French colonial rule, and Mahmoud Abdelghani (1888-1983), an Egyptian lawyer and judge who served as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt.

The surname ABDELGHANI has also been found in various regional variations and spellings, such as Abdelghany, Abdelghani, Abdelghanny, and Abdelghany, reflecting the diverse linguistic and cultural influences across different regions where Arabic-speaking populations have resided throughout history.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Abdelghani

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Abdelghani.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Abdelghani was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Abdelghani has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Abdelghani was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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