How common is the surname Nasir?

2,185 people in the United States had the surname Nasir in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 141,302 Americans. It ranked 13,834th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Nasir getting more or less common?

More common. 1,254 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,185 in 2010, up 74%.

Is Nasir also a first name?

Yes. Nasir is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Nasir

An Arabic surname, carried by 2,185 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex N260 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Nasir is more common than 91.5% of them.

Origin

Arabic origin

Borrowed from Arabic نَاصِر (nāṣir).

One of 179 Arabic surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,185 people named Nasir in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 141,302 Americans. That is up 74% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,254.

#13,834

rank among US surnames

2,185

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+74.2%

change since 2000 (was #19,840)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,830	Gammons	2,186	141,238
#13,834	Balsamo	2,185	141,302
#13,843	Gardener	2,184	141,367

Who is named Nasir

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

60% of people named Nasir identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 19% as white (not Hispanic) and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).

Asian and Pacific Islander 60%
White (not Hispanic) 19%
Black (not Hispanic) 14%
Two or more races 5.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Naseer

Surnames that sound like Nasir

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

Other Arabic surnames

All 179 Arabic surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Nasir come from?: Borrowed from Arabic نَاصِر (nāṣir).
How common is the surname Nasir?: 2,185 people in the United States had the surname Nasir in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 141,302 Americans. It ranked 13,834th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Nasir?: In the 2010 Census, 60% of people named Nasir identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 19% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Nasir getting more or less common?: More common. 1,254 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,185 in 2010, up 74%.
What are other spellings of Nasir?: Naseer.
Is Nasir also a first name?: Yes. Nasir is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.