The surname Azhar
An Arabic surname, carried by 665 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex A260
Origin
Arabic origin
Borrowed from Arabic أَزْهَر (ʔazhar, “shining, radiant”). This surname is mostly found in Pakistan.
One of 179 Arabic surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 665 people named Azhar in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 464,279 Americans. That is up 64% since 2000, when the Census counted 405.
Who is named Azhar
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
86% of people named Azhar identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 7.7% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as two or more races.
- Asian and Pacific Islander 86%
- White (not Hispanic) 7.7%
- Two or more races 2.7%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
- Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Azhar
Azhar has the Soundex code A260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A260.
Other Arabic surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Azhar come from?
- Borrowed from Arabic أَزْهَر (ʔazhar, “shining, radiant”). This surname is mostly found in Pakistan.
- How common is the surname Azhar?
- 665 people in the United States had the surname Azhar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 464,279 Americans. It ranked 34,149th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Azhar?
- In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Azhar identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 7.7% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Azhar getting more or less common?
- More common. 405 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 665 in 2010, up 64%.