# Sajjad (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/sajjad/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Arabic.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Arabic |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 543 |
| US rank (2010) | 40,313 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 568,592 people |
| Change since 2000 | +102% (269 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سَجَّاد (sajjād, “bowing in reverence; one who prostrates himself in worship”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Sajjad in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 6.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 0.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 88% |
| Two or more races | 3.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Sajjad in British Raj.

## People named Sajjad

- Wasim Sajjad, Acting President of Pakistan in 1993 and 1997–98

## Similar surnames

Saucedo, Sauceda, Sackett, Schacht, Sisto, Shahzad.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.