The surname Agarwal
A Hindi surname, carried by 5,436 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex A264
Origin
Hindi origin
Borrowed from Hindi अगरवाल (agarvāl).
One of 48 Hindi surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 5,436 people named Agarwal in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 56,796 Americans. That is up 117% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,504.
Who is named Agarwal
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
94% of people named Agarwal identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 2.8% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as two or more races.
- Asian and Pacific Islander 94%
- White (not Hispanic) 2.8%
- Two or more races 2.1%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.3%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.1%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Agarwal has the Soundex code A264, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A264.
Other Hindi surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Agarwal come from?
- Borrowed from Hindi अगरवाल (agarvāl).
- How common is the surname Agarwal?
- 5,436 people in the United States had the surname Agarwal in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,796 Americans. It ranked 6,285th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Agarwal?
- In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Agarwal identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 2.8% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Agarwal getting more or less common?
- More common. 2,504 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,436 in 2010, up 117%.