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The surname Bhagat

A surname, carried by 1,726 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B230

Bhagat: #16,616 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bhagat #16,616, 1,726 people Bhagat: #16,616 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bhagat #16,616, 1,726 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bhagat is more common than 89.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,726 people named Bhagat in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 178,879 Americans. That is up 61% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,072.

#16,616
rank among US surnames
1,726
people in 2010
0.6
per 100,000 Americans
+61%
change since 2000 (was #22,403)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#16,616Hoxie1,726178,879
#16,624Nie1,725178,983

Who is named Bhagat

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

93% of people named Bhagat identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 3.6% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as two or more races.

  • Asian and Pacific Islander 93%
  • White (not Hispanic) 3.6%
  • Two or more races 2.6%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bhagat

Bhagat has the Soundex code B230, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B230.

Questions

How common is the surname Bhagat?
1,726 people in the United States had the surname Bhagat in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 178,879 Americans. It ranked 16,616th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bhagat?
In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Bhagat identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 3.6% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Bhagat getting more or less common?
More common. 1,072 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,726 in 2010, up 61%.