How common is the surname Adhikari?

2,889 people in the United States had the surname Adhikari in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 106,869 Americans. It ranked 11,010th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Adhikari getting more or less common?

More common. 283 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,889 in 2010, up 921%.

The surname Adhikari

A Sanskrit surname, carried by 2,889 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex A326

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Adhikari is more common than 93.2% of them.

Origin

Sanskrit origin

From Sanskrit अधिकारी (adhikārī), from अधिकार (adhikāra, “authority, government, rule, administration, jurisdiction”).

One of 24 Sanskrit surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,889 people named Adhikari in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 106,869 Americans. That is up 921% since 2000, when the Census counted 283.

#11,010

rank among US surnames

2,889

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+920.8%

change since 2000 (was #65,492)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,003	Charpentier	2,891	106,795
#11,007	Hipolito	2,890	106,832
#11,010	Guardiola	2,889	106,869
#11,013	Gatti	2,888	106,906
#11,016	Juneau	2,887	106,943

Who is named Adhikari

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

95% of people named Adhikari identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 2.4% as two or more races and 1.6% as white (not Hispanic).

Asian and Pacific Islander 95%
Two or more races 2.4%
White (not Hispanic) 1.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Other Sanskrit surnames

All 24 Sanskrit surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Adhikari come from?: From Sanskrit अधिकारी (adhikārī), from अधिकार (adhikāra, “authority, government, rule, administration, jurisdiction”).
How common is the surname Adhikari?: 2,889 people in the United States had the surname Adhikari in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 106,869 Americans. It ranked 11,010th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Adhikari?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Adhikari identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 2.4% as two or more races.
Is the surname Adhikari getting more or less common?: More common. 283 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,889 in 2010, up 921%.