Explore the Family Name Hattar

The meaning of Hattar

Arabic (Jordan): from Ḥattar, the (unetymologized) name of a Christian tribe, whose origin was in the town of al-Fuhayṣ.

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How common is the last name Hattar in the United States?

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Hattar gained popularity between 2000 and 2010. In the year 2000, it was ranked the 59,293rd most popular surname, but by 2010, it had moved up to the 52,169th position, marking a 12.01% change in rank. The count of individuals with this surname also increased over the decade, from 319 to 398, indicating a 24.76% growth. Proportionally, for every 100,000 people, there were 0.12 named Hattar in 2000, and this figure slightly rose to 0.13 by 2010, an 8.33% increase.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#59,293	#52,169	12.01%
Count	319	398	24.76%
Proportion per 100k	0.12	0.13	8.33%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Hattar

The ethnic identity associated with the Hattar surname also shows interesting dynamics based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census. For instance, those identifying as White and carrying the Hattar surname grew by 13.62%, from 81.82% to 92.96% between 2000 and 2010. There was a small emergence of Asian/Pacific Islanders with the Hattar surname, going from 0% in 2000 to 1.51% in 2010. On the other hand, the proportion of Hattars identifying as two or more races decreased substantially from 10.97% to 2.01%, a decline of 81.68%. Similarly, the percentage of Hispanic Hattars fell by 29.88%, from 5.02% to 3.52%. There were no changes within the Black and American Indian and Alaskan Native categories, remaining at 0% for both years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	81.82%	92.96%	13.62%
Hispanic	5.02%	3.52%	-29.88%
Two or More Races	10.97%	2.01%	-81.68%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	1.51%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%