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The surname Agrawal

A Hindi surname, carried by 3,344 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex A264

Agrawal: #9,701 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Agrawal #9,701, 3,344 people Agrawal: #9,701 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Agrawal #9,701, 3,344 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Agrawal is more common than 94% of them.

Origin

Hindi origin

Borrowed from Hindi अग्रवाल (agravāl).

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 3,344 people named Agrawal in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 92,328 Americans. That is up 91% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,753.

#9,701
rank among US surnames
3,344
people in 2010
1.1
per 100,000 Americans
+90.8%
change since 2000 (was #15,369)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#9,692Geis3,34792,245
#9,695Charleston3,34692,273
#9,698Vanzant3,34592,301
#9,701Vancamp3,34492,328
#9,708Culler3,34392,356
#9,709Mahmoud3,34292,383
#9,710Gigliotti3,34192,411

Who is named Agrawal

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

95% of people named Agrawal identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 2.1% as two or more races and 1.9% as white (not Hispanic).

  • Asian and Pacific Islander 95%
  • Two or more races 2.1%
  • White (not Hispanic) 1.9%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.6%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Surnames that sound like Agrawal

Agrawal 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 Agrawal come from?
Borrowed from Hindi अग्रवाल (agravāl).
How common is the surname Agrawal?
3,344 people in the United States had the surname Agrawal in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 92,328 Americans. It ranked 9,701st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Agrawal?
In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Agrawal identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 2.1% as two or more races.
Is the surname Agrawal getting more or less common?
More common. 1,753 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,344 in 2010, up 91%.
What are other spellings of Agrawal?
Agarwal, Agerwal, Agrawala, Agarwala, Agarwalla and Aggarwal.