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    The surname Majid

    An Arabic surname, carried by 1,200 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M230

    Majid: #21,700 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Majid #21,700, 1,200 people Majid: #21,700 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Majid #21,700, 1,200 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Majid is more common than 86.6% of them.

    Origin

    Arabic origin

    Borrowed from Arabic مجيد (majīd, “majestic, magnificent”). 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 1,200 people named Majid in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 257,288 Americans. That is up 55% since 2000, when the Census counted 772.

    #21,700
    rank among US surnames
    1,200
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +55.4%
    change since 2000 (was #28,974)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #21,700Schnitzler1,200257,288
    #21,707Fino1,199257,503

    Who is named Majid

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

    57% of people named Majid identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 24% as white (not Hispanic) and 8.4% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 57%
    • White (not Hispanic) 24%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 8.4%
    • Two or more races 7.3%
    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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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Majid

    Majid has the Soundex code M230, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M230.

    Other Arabic surnames

    All 179 Arabic surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Majid come from?
    Borrowed from Arabic مجيد (majīd, “majestic, magnificent”). This surname is mostly found in Iraq.
    How common is the surname Majid?
    1,200 people in the United States had the surname Majid in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 257,288 Americans. It ranked 21,700th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Majid?
    In the 2010 Census, 57% of people named Majid identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 24% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Majid getting more or less common?
    More common. 772 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,200 in 2010, up 55%.
    What are other spellings of Majid?
    Majeed.