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    The surname Najjar

    A surname, carried by 1,587 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex N260

    Najjar: #17,682 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Najjar #17,682, 1,587 people Najjar: #17,682 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Najjar #17,682, 1,587 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Najjar is more common than 89.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,587 people named Najjar in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 194,547 Americans. That is up 9.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,454.

    #17,682
    rank among US surnames
    1,587
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.1%
    change since 2000 (was #17,763)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,673Siqueiros1,588194,424
    #17,682Najjar1,587194,547
    #17,691Pangburn1,586194,669

    Who is named Najjar

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

    87% of people named Najjar identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 4.8% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 87%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.2%
    • Two or more races 4.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.6%
    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 Najjar

    Najjar 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 Najjar?
    1,587 people in the United States had the surname Najjar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 194,547 Americans. It ranked 17,682nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Najjar?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Najjar identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Najjar getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,454 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,587 in 2010, up 9.1%.