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The surname Javid

A Persian surname, carried by 532 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex J130

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Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Javid is more common than 74.7% of them.

Origin

Persian origin

Borrowed from Iranian Persian جاوید (jâvid), from Classical Persian جاوید (jāwēd). Doublet of Javed.

One of 28 Persian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 532 people named Javid in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 580,349 Americans. That is up 34% since 2000, when the Census counted 397.

#40,976
rank among US surnames
532
people in 2010
0.2
per 100,000 Americans
+34%
change since 2000 (was #49,671)

Who is named Javid

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

52% of people named Javid identified as white (not Hispanic), 37% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 7.9% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 52%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 37%
  • Two or more races 7.9%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
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 Javid

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

Other Persian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Javid come from?
Borrowed from Iranian Persian جاوید (jâvid), from Classical Persian جاوید (jāwēd). Doublet of Javed.
How common is the surname Javid?
532 people in the United States had the surname Javid in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 580,349 Americans. It ranked 40,976th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Javid?
In the 2010 Census, 52% of people named Javid identified as white (not Hispanic), and 37% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Is the surname Javid getting more or less common?
More common. 397 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 532 in 2010, up 34%.
Is Javid also a first name?
Yes. Javid 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.