Bahadur

See also: bahadur

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi बहादुर (bahādur, “brave, valiant”).

Proper noun

Bahadur (plural Bahadurs)

1. A surname from Hindi.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Bahadur is the 40909^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 533 individuals. Bahadur is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (68.48%) and Black/African American (12.57%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bahadur”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 83.