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

Ahmeti, 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 Ahmeti surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Ahmeti in America

Ahmeti is the 65782nd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Ahmeti surname appeared 301 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 Ahmeti.

We can also compare 2010 data for Ahmeti 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 Ahmeti

The surname Ahmeti is of Albanian origin and can be traced back to the late 15th century. It is derived from the personal name Ahmed, which ultimately comes from the Arabic root meaning "highly praised". The name emerged in the region of modern-day Albania during the Ottoman Empire's rule over the area.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Ahmeti can be found in a property deed from the town of Berat, dated 1487. The document mentions a landowner named Mustafa Ahmeti, likely referring to his patronymic lineage. Another early reference appears in a court transcript from Vlorë in 1523, where an individual named Hajji Ahmeti is listed as a witness.

In the 16th century, the name Ahmeti was also present in the region of Kosovo, as evidenced by a census record from 1571 that lists several households bearing the surname in the village of Gjakova. This suggests that the name had spread throughout the Albanian-populated territories of the Ottoman Empire by that time.

One notable individual with the surname Ahmeti was Sabri Ahmeti (1892-1976), an Albanian politician and writer who served as Minister of Education in the 1920s. He was a prominent figure in the literary and cultural circles of his time and played a significant role in promoting the use of the Albanian language in education.

Another noteworthy person was Ali Ahmeti (born 1959), a politician and former leader of the National Liberation Army (NLA) during the 2001 insurgency in Macedonia. He later founded the Democratic Union for Integration party and served as a member of the Macedonian parliament.

In the realm of sports, Besart Ahmeti (born 1989) is a professional football player who has represented the Albanian national team and played for various clubs in Europe, including Dinamo Zagreb and Freiburg.

The name Ahmeti has also been associated with notable scholars and academics, such as Ismail Kadare Ahmeti (1936-2020), an acclaimed Albanian writer and poet who received numerous international awards and was a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Throughout its history, the surname Ahmeti has been spelled in various ways, including Ahmedi, Ahmedy, and Ahmeti, depending on regional variations and transliterations from the Albanian language to other scripts.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Ahmeti

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

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 Ahmeti 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 Ahmeti 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 Ahmeti was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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