The surname Narain
A surname, carried by 1,029 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex N650
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,029 people named Narain in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 300,044 Americans. That is up 52% since 2000, when the Census counted 676.
Who is named Narain
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
63% of people named Narain identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 17% as Black (not Hispanic) and 7.1% as two or more races.
- Asian and Pacific Islander 63%
- Black (not Hispanic) 17%
- Two or more races 7.1%
- White (not Hispanic) 4.9%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.3%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 3.2%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Narain has the Soundex code N650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N650.
Questions
- How common is the surname Narain?
- 1,029 people in the United States had the surname Narain in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 300,044 Americans. It ranked 24,352nd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Narain?
- In the 2010 Census, 63% of people named Narain identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 17% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Narain getting more or less common?
- More common. 676 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,029 in 2010, up 52%.