How common is the surname Jabbar?

1,023 people in the United States had the surname Jabbar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 301,804 Americans. It ranked 24,466th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Jabbar getting more or less common?

More common. 585 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,023 in 2010, up 75%.

The surname Jabbar

An Arabic surname, carried by 1,023 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex J160

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Jabbar is more common than 84.9% of them.

Origin

Arabic origin

Borrowed from Arabic جَبَّار (jabbār, “mighty, powerful”). Doublet of Jabari. This surname is mostly found in Iraq.

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 1,023 people named Jabbar in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 301,804 Americans. That is up 75% since 2000, when the Census counted 585.

#24,466

rank among US surnames

1,023

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+74.9%

change since 2000 (was #36,189)

Who is named Jabbar

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

36% of people named Jabbar identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 35% as white (not Hispanic) and 20% as Black (not Hispanic).

Asian and Pacific Islander 36%
White (not Hispanic) 35%
Black (not Hispanic) 20%
Two or more races 6.7%

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

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Jabbar

Jabbar has the Soundex code J160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code J160.

Other Arabic surnames

All 179 Arabic surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Jabbar come from?: Borrowed from Arabic جَبَّار (jabbār, “mighty, powerful”). Doublet of Jabari. This surname is mostly found in Iraq.
How common is the surname Jabbar?: 1,023 people in the United States had the surname Jabbar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 301,804 Americans. It ranked 24,466th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Jabbar?: In the 2010 Census, 36% of people named Jabbar identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 35% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Jabbar getting more or less common?: More common. 585 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,023 in 2010, up 75%.