Fahim

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فَاهِم (fāhim, “understanding, perceptive”); this surname is predominantly found in Bangladesh, transliterated from Bengali ফাহিম (fahim).

Proper noun

Fahim (plural Fahims)

1. A surname from Arabic.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Fahim is the 33196^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 689 individuals. Fahim is most common among White (65.02%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (22.64%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Fahim”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 545.