Jabbar

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَبَّار (jabbār, “mighty, powerful”). This surname is mostly found in Iraq.

Proper noun

Jabbar (plural Jabbars)

1. A surname from Arabic.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Jabbar is the 24466^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1023 individuals. Jabbar is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (36.27%), White (34.51%), and Black/African American (20.14%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Jabbar”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 237.