How common is the surname Hajjar?

1,160 people in the United States had the surname Hajjar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 266,160 Americans. It ranked 22,235th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hajjar?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Hajjar identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Hajjar getting more or less common?

More common. 993 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,160 in 2010, up 17%.

The surname Hajjar

A surname, carried by 1,160 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H260

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hajjar is more common than 86.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,160 people named Hajjar in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 266,160 Americans. That is up 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 993.

#22,235

rank among US surnames

1,160

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+16.8%

change since 2000 (was #23,781)

Who is named Hajjar

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

94% of people named Hajjar identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
Two or more races 2.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Hajjar

Hagar

Hajjar has the Soundex code H260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H260.

Questions

How common is the surname Hajjar?: 1,160 people in the United States had the surname Hajjar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 266,160 Americans. It ranked 22,235th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hajjar?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Hajjar identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Hajjar getting more or less common?: More common. 993 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,160 in 2010, up 17%.