Explore the Family Name Nawabi

The meaning of Nawabi

Muslim (mainly Afghanistan): surname denoting descent from or association with someone called Nawab, or derived directly from the honorific nawab + the adjectival suffix -i.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Nawabi has been growing in popularity from 2000 to 2010. In the year 2000, it was ranked 49,057 but by 2010, it had climbed up to rank 42,378, marking a change of 13.61%. The number of people with the Nawabi surname also saw a substantial increase. In 2000, there were 403 individuals with this surname, and by 2010, there were 512, a growth of 27.05%. This implies that the proportion of the Nawabi surname per 100,000 people increased from 0.15 to 0.17, a growth rate of 13.33%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#49,057	#42,378	13.61%
Count	403	512	27.05%
Proportion per 100k	0.15	0.17	13.33%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Nawabi

In terms of ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census data reveals interesting shifts between 2000 and 2010 for those with the Nawabi surname. In 2000, the largest ethnicity group was White, making up 50.87%, followed closely by those identifying with two or more races at 44.17%. However, by 2010, the percentage of individuals identifying as White surged to 62.70%, while those identifying with two or more races dropped significantly to 28.52%. Asian/Pacific Islander representation slightly decreased from 3.97% to 3.71%. Notably, in 2010, the census recorded the presence of Hispanic, Black, and American Indian and Alaskan Native identities among individuals with the Nawabi surname, which were not present in the year 2000.

	2000	2010	Change
White	50.87%	62.7%	23.26%
Two or More Races	44.17%	28.52%	-35.43%
Asian/Pacific Islander	3.97%	3.71%	-6.55%
Hispanic	0%	2.34%	0%
Black	0%	1.76%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0.98%	0%