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The surname Hyder

An Arabic surname, carried by 4,971 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈhaɪdəɹ/ 2 syllables Soundex H360

Hyder: #6,787 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hyder #6,787, 4,971 people Hyder: #6,787 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hyder #6,787, 4,971 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hyder is more common than 95.8% 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 4,971 people named Hyder in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 62,109 Americans. That is up 6.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,669.

#6,787
rank among US surnames
4,971
people in 2010
1.7
per 100,000 Americans
+6.5%
change since 2000 (was #6,671)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#6,781Guyer4,97462,072
#6,784Chee4,97362,084
#6,787Hyder4,97162,109
#6,788Coston4,96962,134
#6,790Addington4,96862,147
#6,791Bowes4,96762,159
#6,792Coulson4,96662,172

Who is named Hyder

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

74% of people named Hyder identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 8.9% as Black (not Hispanic).

  • White (not Hispanic) 74%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 11%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 8.9%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
  • Two or more races 2.1%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hyder

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

Other Arabic surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Hyder come from?
Borrowed from Arabic حَيْدَر (ḥaydar) or Persian حَیْدَر (haydar).
How common is the surname Hyder?
4,971 people in the United States had the surname Hyder in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 62,109 Americans. It ranked 6,787th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hyder?
In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Hyder identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
How do you pronounce Hyder?
Hyder is /ˈhaɪdəɹ/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Hyder getting more or less common?
More common. 4,669 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,971 in 2010, up 6.5%.