How common is the surname Shakir?

1,513 people in the United States had the surname Shakir in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 204,062 Americans. It ranked 18,317th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Shakir?

In the 2010 Census, 51% of people named Shakir identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 26% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Who is the most famous person named Shakir?

Mustafa Shakir, American actor.

Where is the surname Shakir most common?

Wikidata records people named Shakir in the United States.

Is the surname Shakir getting more or less common?

More common. 1,169 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,513 in 2010, up 29%.

Is Shakir also a first name?

Yes. Shakir is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Shakir

An Arabic surname, carried by 1,513 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S260 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shakir is more common than 88.7% of them.

Origin

Arabic origin

Borrowed from Arabic شاكِر (šākir, “thankful”).

One of 179 Arabic surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,513 people named Shakir in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 204,062 Americans. That is up 29% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,169.

#18,317

rank among US surnames

1,513

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+29.4%

change since 2000 (was #20,960)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,311	McQuinn	1,514	203,927
#18,317	Shakir	1,513	204,062
#18,326	Mirabella	1,512	204,197

Who is named Shakir

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

51% of people named Shakir identified as Black (not Hispanic), 26% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 16% as white (not Hispanic).

Black (not Hispanic) 51%
Asian and Pacific Islander 26%
White (not Hispanic) 16%
Two or more races 4.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Shakirs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Mustafa Shakir
American actor, born 1977

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Shakir

Shakir has the Soundex code S260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S260.

Other Arabic surnames

All 179 Arabic surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Shakir come from?: Borrowed from Arabic شاكِر (šākir, “thankful”).
How common is the surname Shakir?: 1,513 people in the United States had the surname Shakir in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 204,062 Americans. It ranked 18,317th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Shakir?: In the 2010 Census, 51% of people named Shakir identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 26% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Shakir?: Mustafa Shakir, American actor.
Where is the surname Shakir most common?: Wikidata records people named Shakir in the United States.
Is the surname Shakir getting more or less common?: More common. 1,169 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,513 in 2010, up 29%.
Is Shakir also a first name?: Yes. Shakir is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.