Zahir

See also: zahir

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ظَاهِر (ẓāhir), ظٰهِر (ẓāhir). The surname is mostly found in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Proper noun

Zahir (plural Zahirs)

1. A male given name from Arabic.
2. A surname from Arabic.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Zahir is the 35,447^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 635 individuals. Zahir is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (36.06%), White (34.8%), Mixed Race (13.54%) and Black/African American (12.44%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Zahir”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• zihar