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    The surname Siddiqui

    An Urdu surname, carried by 8,502 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex S320

    Siddiqui: #4,169 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Siddiqui #4,169, 8,502 people Siddiqui: #4,169 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Siddiqui #4,169, 8,502 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Siddiqui is more common than 97.4% of them.

    Origin

    Urdu origin

    Borrowed from Urdu صدیقی.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 8,502 people named Siddiqui in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 36,314 Americans. That is up 70% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,994.

    #4,169
    rank among US surnames
    8,502
    people in 2010
    2.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +70.2%
    change since 2000 (was #6,281)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,160Elliot8,51836,246
    #4,162Fullerton8,51736,251
    #4,163Sharkey8,51436,263
    #4,164Schulze8,50936,285
    #4,165Shumaker8,50836,289
    #4,167Bontrager8,50736,293
    #4,168Hargis8,50336,310

    Who is named Siddiqui

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

    90% of people named Siddiqui identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 3.9% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.9% as two or more races.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 90%
    • White (not Hispanic) 3.9%
    • Two or more races 3.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

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

    Famous Siddiquis

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Aziza Siddiqui
      Afghan activist, born 1983

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Siddiqui

    Siddiqui has the Soundex code S320, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S320.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Siddiqui come from?
    Borrowed from Urdu صدیقی.
    How common is the surname Siddiqui?
    8,502 people in the United States had the surname Siddiqui in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,314 Americans. It ranked 4,169th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Siddiqui?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Siddiqui identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 3.9% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Siddiqui?
    Aziza Siddiqui, Afghan activist.
    Where is the surname Siddiqui most common?
    Wikidata records people named Siddiqui in Afghanistan.
    Is the surname Siddiqui getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,994 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,502 in 2010, up 70%.
    What are other spellings of Siddiqui?
    Siddiqi, Siddique, Siddiquee, Siddighi, Sadighi and Seddighi.