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

Haidara, 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 Haidara surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Haidara in America

Haidara is the 79075th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Haidara surname appeared 241 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 Haidara.

The history of the last name Haidara

The surname Haidara has its origins in West Africa, specifically in the region that is now Mali. It likely emerged in the 13th or 14th century as a patronymic name derived from the Arabic name "Haidar" or "Haydar," which itself is derived from the Arabic word "haydar," meaning "lion."

The Haidara name is closely associated with the Qadiriyya Sufi order, which was founded in Baghdad in the 12th century and later spread to West Africa. Many members of this order bore the name Haidara, and it became particularly prevalent among the scholarly and religious classes in the region.

One of the earliest recorded mentions of the Haidara name can be found in the Tarikh al-Fattash, a historical chronicle written in the 17th century by the Timbuktu scholar Ahmad Baba al-Massufi. In this work, al-Massufi refers to several individuals with the Haidara surname, indicating that the name was well-established in the region by that time.

Notable individuals with the Haidara surname include:

1. Ahmad Baba al-Massufi (1556-1627), a renowned Timbuktu scholar and author of the Tarikh al-Fattash and several other works.
2. Mukhtar al-Kunti al-Haidara (1729-1811), a West African religious leader and scholar who played a significant role in the spread of the Qadiriyya order in the region.
3. Sidi al-Mukhtar al-Kunti al-Haidara (1776-1840), a Sufi scholar and descendant of the previous Mukhtar al-Kunti al-Haidara.
4. Ahmad al-Haidara (1934-2002), a Malian Islamic scholar and writer who served as the imam of the historic Sankoré Mosque in Timbuktu.
5. Abdel Kader Haidara (born 1962), a Malian scholar and book collector who is credited with saving thousands of ancient manuscripts from destruction during the 2012 conflict in Mali.

Throughout its history, the Haidara name has been closely linked with the intellectual and religious traditions of West Africa, particularly in the areas of Islamic scholarship and Sufism. While the name has its roots in the Arabic language, it has become deeply ingrained in the cultural fabric of Mali and neighboring regions.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Haidara

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

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 Haidara 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.

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 Haidara was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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