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    The surname Dhar

    A surname, carried by 1,026 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex D600

    Dhar: #24,404 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Dhar #24,404, 1,026 people Dhar: #24,404 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Dhar #24,404, 1,026 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dhar is more common than 85% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,026 people named Dhar in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 300,922 Americans. That is up 95% since 2000, when the Census counted 526.

    #24,404
    rank among US surnames
    1,026
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +95.1%
    change since 2000 (was #39,378)

    Who is named Dhar

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

    94% of people named Dhar identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 2.7% as two or more races and 2.5% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 94%
    • Two or more races 2.7%
    • White (not Hispanic) 2.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.5%

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

    Famous Dhars

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • KSHMR
      American DJ, record producer and songwriter, born 1988

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Dhar

    Dhar has the Soundex code D600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D600.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Dhar?
    1,026 people in the United States had the surname Dhar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 300,922 Americans. It ranked 24,404th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Dhar?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Dhar identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 2.7% as two or more races.
    Who is the most famous person named Dhar?
    KSHMR, American DJ, record producer and songwriter.
    Where is the surname Dhar most common?
    Wikidata records people named Dhar in India.
    Is the surname Dhar getting more or less common?
    More common. 526 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,026 in 2010, up 95%.