Bahri

See also: baħri and bahrî

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بَحْرِيّ (baḥriyy, “seaman, sailor”). This surname is mostly found in Algeria.

Proper noun

Bahri (plural Bahris)

A surname from Arabic.

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Bahri is the 36695^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 609 individuals. Bahri is most common among White (79.15%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (13.63%) individuals.

Further reading

Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bahri”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 84.

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