Explore the Family Name Allah

The meaning of Allah

Muslim: from Allāh, literally ‘God/Allah’, usually a suffix attached to another word forming a compound Arabic personal name such as ʿAbdallāh ‘servant of God/Allah’ (see Abdallah and Abdullah). Compare Ullah.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

How common is the last name Allah in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname "Allah" has risen in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 41,130, but by 2010, it had climbed to a rank of 31,033 - a significant increase of 24.55%. The count of individuals with this surname also experienced substantial growth during this 10-year span, jumping from 500 in 2000 to 748 in 2010, marking a 49.6% rise. Consequently, the proportion of people named "Allah" per 100,000 also surged by 31.58%, moving from 0.19 in 2000 to 0.25 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#41,130	#31,033	24.55%
Count	500	748	49.6%
Proportion per 100k	0.19	0.25	31.58%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Allah

The ethnicity data from the Decennial U.S. Census reveals some shifts in the ethnic identity associated with the surname "Allah" from 2000 to 2010. While in 2000, 82% of individuals with this surname identified as Black, this figure increased slightly to 83.29% by 2010. The percentage of those identifying as Hispanic saw a significant jump of 62.83%, rising from 4.60% in 2000 to 7.49% in 2010. Those identifying as White also increased moderately from 2.4% to 3.21%. However, there were decreases in the percentages of those associating with two or more races, dropping by 54.85% from 6.80% in 2000 to 3.07% in 2010, and those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian and Alaskan Native, both of which dropped to 0 by 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Black	82%	83.29%	1.57%
Hispanic	4.6%	7.49%	62.83%
White	2.4%	3.21%	33.75%
Two or More Races	6.8%	3.07%	-54.85%
Asian/Pacific Islander	3.2%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	1%	0%	0%