How common is the surname Haider?

4,107 people in the United States had the surname Haider in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 75,175 Americans. It ranked 8,070th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Haider?

In the 2010 Census, 48% of people named Haider identified as white (not Hispanic), and 43% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Who is the most famous person named Haider?

Jörg Haider, Austrian politician (1950-2008), followed by Maximilian Haider.

Where is the surname Haider most common?

Wikidata records people named Haider in Austria.

How do you pronounce Haider?

Haider is /ˈhaɪdəɹ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Haider getting more or less common?

More common. 2,999 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,107 in 2010, up 37%.

The surname Haider

An Arabic surname, carried by 4,107 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈhaɪdəɹ/ 2 syllables Soundex H360

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Haider is more common than 95% of them.

Origin

Arabic origin

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

One of 179 Arabic surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,107 people named Haider in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 75,175 Americans. That is up 37% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,999.

#8,070

rank among US surnames

4,107

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+36.9%

change since 2000 (was #9,929)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,065	Kindle	4,109	75,139
#8,067	Jessee	4,108	75,157
#8,070	Haider	4,107	75,175
#8,072	McCarley	4,106	75,194
#8,073	Kinley	4,105	75,212
#8,076	Lovely	4,104	75,230

Who is named Haider

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

48% of people named Haider identified as white (not Hispanic), 43% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 4.9% as two or more races.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Haiders

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jörg Haider
Austrian politician (1950-2008)
Maximilian Haider
Austrian physicist, born 1950
Roman Haider
Austrian politician, born 1967

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Haider

Haider has the Soundex code H360, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H360.

Other Arabic surnames

All 179 Arabic surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Haider come from?: Borrowed from Arabic حَيْدَر (ḥaydar) or Persian حَیْدَر (haydar).
How common is the surname Haider?: 4,107 people in the United States had the surname Haider in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 75,175 Americans. It ranked 8,070th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Haider?: In the 2010 Census, 48% of people named Haider identified as white (not Hispanic), and 43% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Haider?: Jörg Haider, Austrian politician (1950-2008), followed by Maximilian Haider.
Where is the surname Haider most common?: Wikidata records people named Haider in Austria.
How do you pronounce Haider?: Haider is /ˈhaɪdəɹ/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Haider getting more or less common?: More common. 2,999 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,107 in 2010, up 37%.