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    The surname Bahri

    An Arabic surname, carried by 609 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). Bahri is more common than 77.4% of them.

    Origin

    Arabic origin

    Borrowed from Arabic بَحْرِيّ (baḥriyy, “seaman, sailor”). This surname is mostly found in Algeria.

    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 609 people named Bahri in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 506,971 Americans. That is up 32% since 2000, when the Census counted 461.

    #36,695
    rank among US surnames
    609
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +32.1%
    change since 2000 (was #44,027)

    Who is named Bahri

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

    79% of people named Bahri identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 4.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 79%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 14%
    • Two or more races 4.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bahri

    Bahri 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 Bahri come from?
    Borrowed from Arabic بَحْرِيّ (baḥriyy, “seaman, sailor”). This surname is mostly found in Algeria.
    How common is the surname Bahri?
    609 people in the United States had the surname Bahri in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 506,971 Americans. It ranked 36,695th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bahri?
    In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Bahri identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Bahri getting more or less common?
    More common. 461 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 609 in 2010, up 32%.