How common is the surname Naik?

3,047 people in the United States had the surname Naik in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 101,328 Americans. It ranked 10,528th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Naik getting more or less common?

More common. 1,822 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,047 in 2010, up 67%.

The surname Naik

A Hindi surname, carried by 3,047 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex N200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Naik is more common than 93.5% of them.

Origin

Hindi origin

Borrowed from Hindi नाईक (nāīk). This surname is mostly found in Odisha.

One of 48 Hindi surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,047 people named Naik in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 101,328 Americans. That is up 67% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,822.

#10,528

rank among US surnames

3,047

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+67.2%

change since 2000 (was #14,898)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,520	McMorris	3,049	101,261
#10,525	Rippy	3,048	101,294
#10,528	Cumming	3,047	101,328
#10,531	Khalid	3,046	101,361
#10,535	Corr	3,045	101,394
#10,536	Duplessis	3,044	101,428

Who is named Naik

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

94% of people named Naik identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 3.1% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as two or more races.

Asian and Pacific Islander 94%
White (not Hispanic) 3.1%
Two or more races 2.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Naik

Naik has the Soundex code N200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N200.

Other Hindi surnames

All 48 Hindi surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Naik come from?: Borrowed from Hindi नाईक (nāīk). This surname is mostly found in Odisha.
How common is the surname Naik?: 3,047 people in the United States had the surname Naik in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 101,328 Americans. It ranked 10,528th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Naik?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Naik identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 3.1% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Naik getting more or less common?: More common. 1,822 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,047 in 2010, up 67%.