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    The surname Najar

    A surname, carried by 3,296 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex N260

    Najar: #9,821 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Najar #9,821, 3,296 people Najar: #9,821 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Najar #9,821, 3,296 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Najar is more common than 93.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,296 people named Najar in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 93,673 Americans. That is up 25% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,645.

    #9,821
    rank among US surnames
    3,296
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +24.6%
    change since 2000 (was #11,026)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,813Starke3,29993,588
    #9,818Dieter3,29893,616
    #9,821Moline3,29693,673
    #9,827Polston3,29593,701
    #9,830Eisner3,29493,730

    Who is named Najar

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

    80% of people named Najar identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 17% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 80%
    • White (not Hispanic) 17%
    • Two or more races 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Najar

    Najar has the Soundex code N260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N260.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Najar?
    3,296 people in the United States had the surname Najar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 93,673 Americans. It ranked 9,821st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Najar?
    In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Najar identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 17% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Najar getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,645 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,296 in 2010, up 25%.