Find out how popular the last name Bokhari is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Bokhari.

Bokhari, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Bokhari surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Bokhari in America

Bokhari is the 32750th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Bokhari surname appeared 701 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Bokhari.

We can also compare 2010 data for Bokhari to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Bokhari

The surname Bokhari is of Arabic origin, derived from the word "Bukhari" which refers to someone from the city of Bukhara in modern-day Uzbekistan. Bukhara was an important center of trade, culture, and Islamic scholarship during the medieval period, and the Bukhari name is associated with this region.

The earliest recorded examples of the Bokhari surname can be traced back to the 9th and 10th centuries CE, when scholars and intellectuals from Bukhara made significant contributions to various fields, particularly in Islamic jurisprudence and hadith literature. One of the most renowned individuals with this surname was Muhammad al-Bukhari, a celebrated Islamic scholar born in 810 CE in Bukhara. He compiled the famous hadith collection known as Sahih al-Bukhari, which is considered one of the most authentic and authoritative sources in Sunni Islam.

During the Abbasid Caliphate, which ruled from 750 to 1258 CE, the city of Bukhara flourished as a center of learning and culture. Many scholars and intellectuals from this region adopted the surname Bokhari, including Abu'l-Hasan al-Bukhari, a renowned jurist and theologian who lived in the 10th century.

The Bokhari surname also appears in historical records from the Samanid Empire, which ruled in Central Asia from 819 to 999 CE. This dynasty patronized scholars and promoted the spread of Islamic knowledge, leading to the proliferation of the Bokhari surname among the intellectual elite of the region.

Another notable figure with the Bokhari surname was Abu Nasr al-Farabi, also known as Al-Farabi, who was born in the village of Wasij near Farab in modern-day Kazakhstan around 870 CE. He was a renowned philosopher, logician, and scientist, and his works had a significant influence on medieval Islamic and Western thought.

Throughout the centuries, the Bokhari surname has been carried by numerous scholars, intellectuals, and prominent figures across the Islamic world and beyond. Some examples include Abul Fazl al-Bokhari, a 13th-century Sufi scholar and poet, and Mir Alam al-Bukhari, a 17th-century Islamic scholar from India who wrote extensively on Islamic jurisprudence and theology.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Bokhari

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Bokhari.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Bokhari was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Bokhari has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Bokhari was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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