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    The surname Bhagwat

    A Marathi surname, carried by 315 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B230

    Bhagwat: #63,373 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Bhagwat #63,373, 315 people Bhagwat: #63,373 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Bhagwat #63,373, 315 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bhagwat is more common than 60.9% of them.

    Origin

    Marathi origin

    Borrowed from Marathi भागवत (bhāgvat). This surname is mostly found in Maharashtra.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 315 people named Bhagwat in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 980,145 Americans. That is up 119% since 2000, when the Census counted 144.

    #63,373
    rank among US surnames
    315
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +118.8%
    change since 2000 (was #112,967)

    Who is named Bhagwat

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

    87% of people named Bhagwat identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 5.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.4% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 87%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 5.7%
    • White (not Hispanic) 4.4%
    • Two or more races 2.5%
    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 Bhagwat

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname Bhagwat come from?
    Borrowed from Marathi भागवत (bhāgvat). This surname is mostly found in Maharashtra.
    How common is the surname Bhagwat?
    315 people in the United States had the surname Bhagwat in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 980,145 Americans. It ranked 63,373rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bhagwat?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Bhagwat identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 5.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Bhagwat getting more or less common?
    More common. 144 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 315 in 2010, up 119%.