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    The surname Najarian

    An Armenian surname, carried by 1,154 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex N265

    Najarian: #22,334 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Najarian #22,334, 1,154 people Najarian: #22,334 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Najarian #22,334, 1,154 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Najarian is more common than 86.2% of them.

    Origin

    Armenian origin

    From Armenian Նաջարյան (Naǰaryan).

    One of 47 Armenian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,154 people named Najarian in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 267,544 Americans. That is up 6.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,089.

    #22,334
    rank among US surnames
    1,154
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6%
    change since 2000 (was #22,143)

    Who is named Najarian

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

    94% of people named Najarian identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as two or more races and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Two or more races 3.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Najarian

    Najarian has the Soundex code N265, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N265.

    Other Armenian surnames

    All 47 Armenian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Najarian come from?
    From Armenian Նաջարյան (Naǰaryan).
    How common is the surname Najarian?
    1,154 people in the United States had the surname Najarian in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 267,544 Americans. It ranked 22,334th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Najarian?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Najarian identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Najarian getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,089 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,154 in 2010, up 6.0%.