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    The surname Zafar

    A surname, carried by 1,859 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex Z160

    Zafar: #15,692 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Zafar #15,692, 1,859 people Zafar: #15,692 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Zafar #15,692, 1,859 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Zafar is more common than 90.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,859 people named Zafar in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 166,082 Americans. That is up 81% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,027.

    #15,692
    rank among US surnames
    1,859
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +81%
    change since 2000 (was #23,191)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,687Cosenza1,860165,992
    #15,692Milby1,859166,082
    #15,700Vandenbosch1,858166,171

    Who is named Zafar

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

    83% of people named Zafar identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 7.4% as white (not Hispanic) and 6.5% as two or more races.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 83%
    • White (not Hispanic) 7.4%
    • Two or more races 6.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    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 Zafar

    Zafar has the Soundex code Z160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Z160.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Zafar?
    1,859 people in the United States had the surname Zafar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 166,082 Americans. It ranked 15,692nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Zafar?
    In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Zafar identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 7.4% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Zafar getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,027 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,859 in 2010, up 81%.