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    The surname Nahar

    A surname, carried by 1,187 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex N600

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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). Nahar is more common than 86.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,187 people named Nahar in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 260,106 Americans. That is up 154% since 2000, when the Census counted 468.

    #21,878
    rank among US surnames
    1,187
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +153.6%
    change since 2000 (was #43,463)

    Who is named Nahar

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

    88% of people named Nahar identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 6.2% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 88%
    • White (not Hispanic) 6.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    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 Nahars

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Sultana N. Nahar
      Bangladeshi-American physicist, born 1955

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Nahar

    Nahar has the Soundex code N600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N600.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Nahar?
    1,187 people in the United States had the surname Nahar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 260,106 Americans. It ranked 21,878th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Nahar?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Nahar identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 6.2% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Nahar?
    Sultana N. Nahar, Bangladeshi-American physicist.
    Where is the surname Nahar most common?
    Wikidata records people named Nahar in the United States.
    Is the surname Nahar getting more or less common?
    More common. 468 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,187 in 2010, up 154%.