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    The surname Zubair

    An Arabic surname, carried by 630 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex Z160

    Zubair: #35,671 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Zubair #35,671, 630 people Zubair: #35,671 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Zubair #35,671, 630 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Zubair is more common than 78% of them.

    Origin

    Arabic origin

    Borrowed from Arabic زُبَيْر (zubayr). 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 630 people named Zubair in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 490,072 Americans. That is up 76% since 2000, when the Census counted 359.

    #35,671
    rank among US surnames
    630
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +75.5%
    change since 2000 (was #53,904)

    Who is named Zubair

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

    80% of people named Zubair identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 6.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 5.6% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 80%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 6.7%
    • White (not Hispanic) 5.6%
    • Two or more races 5.4%
    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 Zubair

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

    Other Arabic surnames

    All 179 Arabic surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Zubair come from?
    Borrowed from Arabic زُبَيْر (zubayr). This surname is mostly found in Pakistan.
    How common is the surname Zubair?
    630 people in the United States had the surname Zubair in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 490,072 Americans. It ranked 35,671st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Zubair?
    In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Zubair identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 6.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Zubair getting more or less common?
    More common. 359 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 630 in 2010, up 76%.