Anwar

Anwar is the 7,966th most common surname in the United States, shared by 3,988 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 74,900.

By the numbers

People: 3,988
Rank: 7,966th
How common: 1 in 74,900
Per 100,000: 1.3

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Anwar described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 80.0%
White, not Hispanic 10.4%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 5.2%
Black, not Hispanic 2.8%
Hispanic or Latino 1.4%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.1%

Notable people called Anwar

Gabrielle Anwar (born 1970)British actress
Fuad Anwar (born 1972)Saudi Arabian footballer
Nurul Izzah Anwar (born 1980)Malaysian politician
Sutan Anwar (born 1914)Indonesian footballer
Tariq Anwar (born 1945)British film editor
Mina Anwar (born 1969)British actress
Joko Anwar (born 1976)Indonesian film director

People named Anwar with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Also a first name

Anwar has been given to 2,864 American babies as a first name since 1969, peaking in 1978. See it as a given name.

Try it on yourself

Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.