How common is the surname Saraf?

558 people in the United States had the surname Saraf in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 553,307 Americans. It ranked 39,419th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Saraf getting more or less common?

More common. 340 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 558 in 2010, up 64%.

The surname Saraf

A Hindi surname, carried by 558 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S610

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Saraf is more common than 75.7% of them.

Origin

Hindi origin

Borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi सर्राफ़ (sarrāf) / Urdu صَرَّاف (sarrāf, “money charger”) and Classical Persian صَرَّاف (sarrāf), from Arabic صَرَّاف (ṣarrāf).

One of 48 Hindi surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 558 people named Saraf in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 553,307 Americans. That is up 64% since 2000, when the Census counted 340.

#39,419

rank among US surnames

558

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

+64.1%

change since 2000 (was #56,246)

Who is named Saraf

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

61% of people named Saraf identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 35% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Asian and Pacific Islander 61%
White (not Hispanic) 35%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Saraf

Saraf has the Soundex code S610, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S610.

Other Hindi surnames

All 48 Hindi surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Saraf come from?: Borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi सर्राफ़ (sarrāf) / Urdu صَرَّاف (sarrāf, “money charger”) and Classical Persian صَرَّاف (sarrāf), from Arabic صَرَّاف (ṣarrāf).
How common is the surname Saraf?: 558 people in the United States had the surname Saraf in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 553,307 Americans. It ranked 39,419th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Saraf?: In the 2010 Census, 61% of people named Saraf identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 35% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Saraf getting more or less common?: More common. 340 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 558 in 2010, up 64%.