The surname Siddiq
An Arabic surname, carried by 610 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex S320
Origin
Arabic origin
Borrowed from Arabic صِدِّيق (ṣiddīq, “truthful”). This surname is mostly found in Pakistan.
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 610 people named Siddiq in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 506,140 Americans. That is up 67% since 2000, when the Census counted 365.
Who is named Siddiq
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
58% of people named Siddiq identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 18% as white (not Hispanic) and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Asian and Pacific Islander 58%
- White (not Hispanic) 18%
- Black (not Hispanic) 14%
- Two or more races 7.5%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Siddiq has the Soundex code S320, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S320.
Other Arabic surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Siddiq come from?
- Borrowed from Arabic صِدِّيق (ṣiddīq, “truthful”). This surname is mostly found in Pakistan.
- How common is the surname Siddiq?
- 610 people in the United States had the surname Siddiq in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 506,140 Americans. It ranked 36,630th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Siddiq?
- In the 2010 Census, 58% of people named Siddiq identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 18% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Siddiq getting more or less common?
- More common. 365 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 610 in 2010, up 67%.
- Is Siddiq also a first name?
- Yes. Siddiq 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.