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    The surname Badawi

    An Arabic surname, carried by 567 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex B300

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Badawi is more common than 76% of them.

    Origin

    Arabic origin

    Borrowed from Arabic بَدَوِيّ (badawiyy, “bedouin”). This surname is predominantly found in Egypt.

    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 567 people named Badawi in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 544,525 Americans. That is up 42% since 2000, when the Census counted 400.

    #38,902
    rank among US surnames
    567
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +41.8%
    change since 2000 (was #49,366)

    Who is named Badawi

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    81% of people named Badawi identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.8% as two or more races and 6.5% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 81%
    • Two or more races 7.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 6.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Badawi

    Badawi has the Soundex code B300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B300.

    Other Arabic surnames

    All 179 Arabic surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Badawi come from?
    Borrowed from Arabic بَدَوِيّ (badawiyy, “bedouin”). This surname is predominantly found in Egypt.
    How common is the surname Badawi?
    567 people in the United States had the surname Badawi in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 544,525 Americans. It ranked 38,902nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Badawi?
    In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Badawi identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.8% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Badawi getting more or less common?
    More common. 400 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 567 in 2010, up 42%.