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

Jabbar, 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 Jabbar surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Jabbar in America

Jabbar is the 24466th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Jabbar surname appeared 1,023 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 Jabbar.

We can also compare 2010 data for Jabbar 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 Jabbar

The surname Jabbar is of Arabic origin, derived from the word "jabbar," which means "powerful" or "mighty." The name likely emerged during the early days of Islam in the Arabian Peninsula in the 7th century AD.

Jabbar was initially used as a descriptive term, referring to individuals with a commanding presence or those who held positions of authority. Over time, it evolved into a hereditary surname, passed down from generation to generation.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Jabbar can be found in the works of Arabic scholars and historians from the 9th and 10th centuries. These writers often mentioned prominent figures with the surname Jabbar, suggesting its widespread use during the Islamic Golden Age.

In the 11th century, the name Jabbar appeared in various manuscripts and records related to the Seljuk Empire, a medieval Sunni Muslim empire that ruled over parts of Central Asia and the Middle East. Several notable military leaders and administrators from this period bore the surname Jabbar.

During the Mamluk Sultanate in Egypt and the Levant (1250-1517), the name Jabbar was associated with influential families and individuals who held high-ranking positions within the government and military. Some of the earliest examples of place names derived from the surname Jabbar can be traced back to this era, such as Jabarah in present-day Syria.

Throughout history, several prominent figures have carried the surname Jabbar:

1. Al-Muqtadir Billah (870-932), an Abbasid caliph who ruled from 908 to 932 AD.
2. Ibn Jabbar al-Asadi (935-1025), a renowned Muslim theologian and philosopher from Basra.
3. Shams al-Din al-Jabbar (1165-1237), a Sufi mystic and poet from Ghor, Afghanistan.
4. Al-Malik al-Nasir Salah al-Din Jabbar (1205-1259), a Mamluk sultan of Egypt and Syria.
5. Nasser al-Jabbar (1937-2020), an Iraqi politician and diplomat who served as the Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament.

While the surname Jabbar has its roots in the Middle East and the Islamic world, it has since spread to various parts of the globe, carried by individuals and families of Arab descent.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Jabbar

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

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

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