The surname Nayak
A Gujarati surname, carried by 1,930 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex N200
Origin
Gujarati origin
Borrowed from Gujarati નાયક (nāyak).
One of 18 Gujarati surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,930 people named Nayak in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 159,972 Americans. That is up 106% since 2000, when the Census counted 936.
Who is named Nayak
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
94% of people named Nayak identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 2.9% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as two or more races.
- Asian and Pacific Islander 94%
- White (not Hispanic) 2.9%
- Two or more races 2.2%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.6%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Nayak has the Soundex code N200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N200.
Other Gujarati surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Nayak come from?
- Borrowed from Gujarati નાયક (nāyak).
- How common is the surname Nayak?
- 1,930 people in the United States had the surname Nayak in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 159,972 Americans. It ranked 15,238th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Nayak?
- In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Nayak identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 2.9% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Nayak getting more or less common?
- More common. 936 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,930 in 2010, up 106%.