# Bahar (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bahar/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Arabic.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Arabic |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 578 |
| US rank (2010) | 38,332 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 534,162 people |
| Change since 2000 | +23% (472 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بَهَار (bahār, “spice, seasoning”), perhaps a metonymic occupational surname for a spicer. It could also be a variant of Bahir.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bahar in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 53% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 22% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 16% |
| Two or more races | 4.8% |

## Similar surnames

Behar, Barr, Baer, Bair, Bahr, Baur, Barra, Bara, Baehr, Baar, Bahri, Berry.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.