Explore the Family Name Nadir

The meaning of Nadir

Arabic (mainly Pakistan and Maghreb): from the personal name Nādir, from Arabic nādir ‘extraordinary, rare, exceptional’. Bearers of this surname are mostly Muslims. Compare Nader.

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

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Nadir has seen a slight decline in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked as the 81,700th most popular surname in the United States, but by 2010 it had slipped slightly to 82,044th place. Despite this slip in rank, the actual count of individuals with the Nadir surname increased by almost 7%, from 215 people in 2000 to 230 in 2010. However, its proportion per 100,000 people remained consistent at 0.08.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#81,700	#82,044	-0.42%
Count	215	230	6.98%
Proportion per 100k	0.08	0.08	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Nadir

The ethnic identity associated with the Nadir surname has also seen some shifts between 2000 and 2010, as per the Decennial U.S. Census data. The percentage of individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander and those identifying with two or more races decreased by 8.82% and 12.02% respectively. Meanwhile, there was an increase in the percentage of individuals identifying as White, from 37.21% in 2000 to 41.74% in 2010. There was also a new emergence of individuals identifying as Hispanic, at 4.78%. The proportion of individuals identifying as Black decreased from 26.51% to 22.61%. No data was recorded for individuals identifying as American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	37.21%	41.74%	12.17%
Black	26.51%	22.61%	-14.71%
Asian/Pacific Islander	18.6%	16.96%	-8.82%
Two or More Races	15.81%	13.91%	-12.02%
Hispanic	0%	4.78%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%