How common is the surname Aggarwal?

2,500 people in the United States had the surname Aggarwal in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 123,498 Americans. It ranked 12,429th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Aggarwal getting more or less common?

More common. 1,363 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,500 in 2010, up 83%.

The surname Aggarwal

A surname, carried by 2,500 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex A264

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Aggarwal is more common than 92.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,500 people named Aggarwal in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 123,498 Americans. That is up 83% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,363.

#12,429

rank among US surnames

2,500

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+83.4%

change since 2000 (was #18,634)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,421	Nicoll	2,503	123,350
#12,423	Ju	2,502	123,399
#12,426	Fellers	2,501	123,449
#12,429	Nolin	2,500	123,498
#12,432	Soza	2,499	123,548
#12,435	Wittenberg	2,498	123,597

Who is named Aggarwal

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

94% of people named Aggarwal identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 3.2% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.5% as two or more races.

Asian and Pacific Islander 94%
White (not Hispanic) 3.2%
Two or more races 1.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.6%

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.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Aggarwal

Aggarwal has the Soundex code A264, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A264.

Questions

How common is the surname Aggarwal?: 2,500 people in the United States had the surname Aggarwal in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 123,498 Americans. It ranked 12,429th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Aggarwal?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Aggarwal identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 3.2% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Aggarwal getting more or less common?: More common. 1,363 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,500 in 2010, up 83%.