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    The surname Waheed

    A surname, carried by 1,279 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W300

    Waheed: #20,687 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Waheed #20,687, 1,279 people Waheed: #20,687 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Waheed #20,687, 1,279 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Waheed is more common than 87.3% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,279 people named Waheed in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 241,396 Americans. That is up 74% since 2000, when the Census counted 735.

    #20,687
    rank among US surnames
    1,279
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +74%
    change since 2000 (was #30,091)

    Who is named Waheed

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

    65% of people named Waheed identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 19% as Black (not Hispanic) and 9.5% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 65%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 19%
    • White (not Hispanic) 9.5%
    • Two or more races 4.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, 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 Waheed

    Waheed has the Soundex code W300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W300.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Waheed?
    1,279 people in the United States had the surname Waheed in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 241,396 Americans. It ranked 20,687th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Waheed?
    In the 2010 Census, 65% of people named Waheed identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 19% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Waheed getting more or less common?
    More common. 735 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,279 in 2010, up 74%.