The surname Azam
A surname, carried by 1,536 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex A250
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,536 people named Azam in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 201,006 Americans. That is up 65% since 2000, when the Census counted 930.
Who is named Azam
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
81% of people named Azam identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 11% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.8% as two or more races.
- Asian and Pacific Islander 81%
- White (not Hispanic) 11%
- Two or more races 4.8%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
- Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Famous Azams
1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Ghulam AzamBangladeshi politician (1922-2014)
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Azam
Azam has the Soundex code A250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A250.
Questions
- How common is the surname Azam?
- 1,536 people in the United States had the surname Azam in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 201,006 Americans. It ranked 18,128th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Azam?
- In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Azam identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 11% as white (not Hispanic).
- Who is the most famous person named Azam?
- Ghulam Azam, Bangladeshi politician (1922-2014).
- Where is the surname Azam most common?
- Wikidata records people named Azam in Pakistan.
- Is the surname Azam getting more or less common?
- More common. 930 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,536 in 2010, up 65%.