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    The surname Khatun

    A surname, carried by 1,517 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K350

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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). Khatun is more common than 88.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,517 people named Khatun in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 203,524 Americans. That is up 170% since 2000, when the Census counted 561.

    #18,296
    rank among US surnames
    1,517
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +170.4%
    change since 2000 (was #37,374)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,296Khatun1,517203,524
    #18,301Sayed1,516203,658

    Who is named Khatun

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

    97% of people named Khatun identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 2.0% as two or more races.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 97%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • White (not Hispanic) 0.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.3%
    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.

    Famous Khatuns

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Sahara Khatun
      Bangladeshi politician, 1943–2020
    • Salma Khatun
      Bangladeshi woman cricketer, born 1990
    • Fahima Khatun
      Bangladeshi female cricketer, born 1992

    Notable Khatuns come mostly from Bangladesh (2) and British Raj (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Khatun

    Khatun has the Soundex code K350, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K350.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Khatun?
    1,517 people in the United States had the surname Khatun in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 203,524 Americans. It ranked 18,296th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Khatun?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Khatun identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 2.0% as two or more races.
    Who is the most famous person named Khatun?
    Sahara Khatun, Bangladeshi politician, followed by Salma Khatun.
    Where is the surname Khatun most common?
    Wikidata records people named Khatun in Bangladesh and British Raj.
    Is the surname Khatun getting more or less common?
    More common. 561 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,517 in 2010, up 170%.