# Haider (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/haider/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Arabic |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,107 |
| US rank (2010) | 8,070 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 75,175 people |
| Change since 2000 | +37% (2,999 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈhaɪdəɹ/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَيْدَر (ḥaydar) or Persian حَیْدَر (haydar).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Haider in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 48% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 43% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 4.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Haider in Austria.

## People named Haider

- Jörg Haider, Austrian politician (1950-2008)
- Maximilian Haider, Austrian physicist
- Roman Haider, Austrian politician

## Similar surnames

Hyder, Hatter, Heider, Hayter, Hader, Heater, Hutter, Heeter, Heather, Hodder, Huether.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.