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The surname Zahid

A surname, carried by 1,094 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex Z300

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Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Zahid is more common than 85.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,094 people named Zahid in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 282,217 Americans. That is up 90% since 2000, when the Census counted 575.

#23,283
rank among US surnames
1,094
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
+90.3%
change since 2000 (was #36,672)

Who is named Zahid

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

86% of people named Zahid identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 8.7% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.9% as two or more races.

  • Asian and Pacific Islander 86%
  • White (not Hispanic) 8.7%
  • Two or more races 3.9%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
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 Zahid

Zahid has the Soundex code Z300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Z300.

Questions

How common is the surname Zahid?
1,094 people in the United States had the surname Zahid in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 282,217 Americans. It ranked 23,283rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Zahid?
In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Zahid identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 8.7% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Zahid getting more or less common?
More common. 575 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,094 in 2010, up 90%.