How common is the surname Javed?

1,627 people in the United States had the surname Javed in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 189,764 Americans. It ranked 17,359th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Javed getting more or less common?

More common. 934 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,627 in 2010, up 74%.

Is Javed also a first name?

Yes. Javed is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Javed

A surname, carried by 1,627 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex J130 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Javed is more common than 89.3% of them.

Origin

From Urdu جاوید (jāved), from Classical Persian جاوید (jāwēd). Doublet of Javid from Iranian Persian.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,627 people named Javed in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 189,764 Americans. That is up 74% since 2000, when the Census counted 934.

#17,359

rank among US surnames

1,627

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+74.2%

change since 2000 (was #24,969)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,356	Hunte	1,628	189,647
#17,359	Tussey	1,627	189,764
#17,367	Safi	1,626	189,880

Who is named Javed

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

88% of people named Javed identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 6.5% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as two or more races.

Asian and Pacific Islander 88%
White (not Hispanic) 6.5%
Two or more races 2.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, 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 Javed

Javid

Javed has the Soundex code J130, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code J130.

Questions

Where does the surname Javed come from?: From Urdu جاوید (jāved), from Classical Persian جاوید (jāwēd). Doublet of Javid from Iranian Persian.
How common is the surname Javed?: 1,627 people in the United States had the surname Javed in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 189,764 Americans. It ranked 17,359th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Javed?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Javed identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 6.5% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Javed getting more or less common?: More common. 934 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,627 in 2010, up 74%.
Is Javed also a first name?: Yes. Javed is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.