How common is the surname Nassar?

3,377 people in the United States had the surname Nassar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 91,426 Americans. It ranked 9,621st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Nassar?

In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Nassar identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Nassar?

Larry Nassar, American serial child sexual abuser and physician, followed by Raduan Nassar.

Where is the surname Nassar most common?

Wikidata records people named Nassar in the United States and Brazil.

Is the surname Nassar getting more or less common?

More common. 2,541 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,377 in 2010, up 33%.

The surname Nassar

A surname, carried by 3,377 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex N260

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Nassar is more common than 94.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,377 people named Nassar in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 91,426 Americans. That is up 33% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,541.

#9,621

rank among US surnames

3,377

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+32.9%

change since 2000 (was #11,378)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,615	Backer	3,380	91,345
#9,618	Courville	3,379	91,372
#9,620	Mardis	3,378	91,399
#9,621	Nassar	3,377	91,426
#9,624	Benedetto	3,375	91,480
#9,627	Palazzolo	3,374	91,507
#9,628	Leath	3,372	91,562

Who is named Nassar

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

81% of people named Nassar identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 4.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 81%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 9.7%
Two or more races 4.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Nassars

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Larry Nassar
American serial child sexual abuser and physician, born 1963
Raduan Nassar
Brazilian writer, born 1935

Notable Nassars come mostly from the United States (1) and Brazil (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Nassar

Nassar 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 Nassar?: 3,377 people in the United States had the surname Nassar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 91,426 Americans. It ranked 9,621st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Nassar?: In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Nassar identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Nassar?: Larry Nassar, American serial child sexual abuser and physician, followed by Raduan Nassar.
Where is the surname Nassar most common?: Wikidata records people named Nassar in the United States and Brazil.
Is the surname Nassar getting more or less common?: More common. 2,541 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,377 in 2010, up 33%.