Nagar

English

Etymology

Two possible origins:

• Borrowed from Hindi नगर (nagar), which is from Sanskrit नगर (nagara, “city”).
• Borrowed from Hebrew נַגָּר (nagár, “carpenter”), an occupational surname.

Proper noun

Nagar (plural Nagars)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Nagar is the 38532^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 574 individuals. Nagar is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (59.06%) and White (33.1%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Nagar”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 645.