The surname Bansal
A Hindi surname, carried by 2,173 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex B524
Origin
Hindi origin
Borrowed from Hindi बंसल (bansal).
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 2,173 people named Bansal in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 142,083 Americans. That is up 117% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,001.
Who is named Bansal
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
95% of people named Bansal identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 2.3% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as two or more races.
- Asian and Pacific Islander 95%
- White (not Hispanic) 2.3%
- Two or more races 2.0%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Bansal
Bansal has the Soundex code B524, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B524.
Other Hindi surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Bansal come from?
- Borrowed from Hindi बंसल (bansal).
- How common is the surname Bansal?
- 2,173 people in the United States had the surname Bansal in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 142,083 Americans. It ranked 13,893rd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Bansal?
- In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Bansal identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 2.3% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Bansal getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,001 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,173 in 2010, up 117%.