The surname Chhabra
A Punjabi surname, carried by 1,125 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex C160
Origin
Punjabi origin
Borrowed from Punjabi ਛਾਬੜਾ (chābṛā).
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 1,125 people named Chhabra in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 274,440 Americans. That is up 73% since 2000, when the Census counted 649.
Who is named Chhabra
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
91% of people named Chhabra identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 4.2% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as two or more races.
- Asian and Pacific Islander 91%
- White (not Hispanic) 4.2%
- Two or more races 2.7%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.7%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Chhabra
Chhabra has the Soundex code C160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C160.
Other Punjabi surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Chhabra come from?
- Borrowed from Punjabi ਛਾਬੜਾ (chābṛā).
- How common is the surname Chhabra?
- 1,125 people in the United States had the surname Chhabra in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 274,440 Americans. It ranked 22,770th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Chhabra?
- In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Chhabra identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 4.2% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Chhabra getting more or less common?
- More common. 649 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,125 in 2010, up 73%.