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    The surname Saxena

    A surname, carried by 2,286 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex S250

    Saxena: #13,338 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Saxena #13,338, 2,286 people Saxena: #13,338 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Saxena #13,338, 2,286 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Saxena is more common than 91.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname used by the Kayastha community of Hindus from India.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,286 people named Saxena in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 135,059 Americans. That is up 90% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,206.

    #13,338
    rank among US surnames
    2,286
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +89.6%
    change since 2000 (was #20,456)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,330Bothwell2,288134,941
    #13,334Korb2,287135,000
    #13,338Saxena2,286135,059
    #13,344Stroupe2,285135,118

    Who is named Saxena

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

    94% of people named Saxena identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 2.9% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as two or more races.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 94%
    • White (not Hispanic) 2.9%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.4%
    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 Saxena

    Saxena has the Soundex code S250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S250.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Saxena?
    2,286 people in the United States had the surname Saxena in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 135,059 Americans. It ranked 13,338th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Saxena?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Saxena identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 2.9% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Saxena getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,206 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,286 in 2010, up 90%.