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    The surname Bahar

    An Arabic occupational surname, carried by 578 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B600

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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). Bahar is more common than 76.4% of them.

    Origin

    Arabic origin

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

    Bahar is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    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 578 people named Bahar in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 534,162 Americans. That is up 23% since 2000, when the Census counted 472.

    #38,332
    rank among US surnames
    578
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +22.5%
    change since 2000 (was #43,157)

    Who is named Bahar

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

    53% of people named Bahar identified as white (not Hispanic), 22% as Black (not Hispanic) and 16% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 53%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 22%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 16%
    • Two or more races 4.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bahar

    Bahar has the Soundex code B600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B600.

    Other Arabic surnames

    All 179 Arabic surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Bahar come from?
    Borrowed from Arabic بَهَار (bahār, “spice, seasoning”), perhaps a metonymic occupational surname for a spicer. It could also be a variant of Bahir.
    How common is the surname Bahar?
    578 people in the United States had the surname Bahar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 534,162 Americans. It ranked 38,332nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bahar?
    In the 2010 Census, 53% of people named Bahar identified as white (not Hispanic), and 22% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Bahar?
    Bahar is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Bahar getting more or less common?
    More common. 472 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 578 in 2010, up 23%.