# Bajwa (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bajwa/  
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 Punjabi.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Punjabi |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,990 |
| US rank (2010) | 14,876 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 155,149 people |
| Change since 2000 | +60% (1,248 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Punjabi ਬਾਜਵਾ (bājvā).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bajwa 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) | 3.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 92% |
| Two or more races | 2.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bajwa in Pakistan.

## People named Bajwa

- Qamar Javed Bajwa, 16th Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army

## Similar surnames

Baca, Basa, Baza, Beck, Bush, Bass, Buck, Baez, Beach, Boggs, Boyce, Biggs.

## 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.