The surname Bajwa
A Punjabi surname, carried by 1,990 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex B200
Origin
Punjabi origin
Borrowed from Punjabi ਬਾਜਵਾ (bājvā).
One of 39 Punjabi surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,990 people named Bajwa in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 155,149 Americans. That is up 60% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,248.
Who is named Bajwa
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
92% of people named Bajwa identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 3.1% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as two or more races.
- Asian and Pacific Islander 92%
- White (not Hispanic) 3.1%
- Two or more races 2.9%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Famous Bajwas
1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Qamar Javed Bajwa16th Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army, born 1960
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Bajwa has the Soundex code B200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B200.
Other Punjabi surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Bajwa come from?
- Borrowed from Punjabi ਬਾਜਵਾ (bājvā).
- How common is the surname Bajwa?
- 1,990 people in the United States had the surname Bajwa in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 155,149 Americans. It ranked 14,876th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Bajwa?
- In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Bajwa identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 3.1% as white (not Hispanic).
- Who is the most famous person named Bajwa?
- Qamar Javed Bajwa, 16th Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army.
- Where is the surname Bajwa most common?
- Wikidata records people named Bajwa in Pakistan.
- Is the surname Bajwa getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,248 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,990 in 2010, up 60%.