How common is the surname Bhattarai?

1,284 people in the United States had the surname Bhattarai in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 240,456 Americans. It ranked 20,627th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Bhattarai getting more or less common?

More common. 131 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,284 in 2010, up 880%.

The surname Bhattarai

A surname, carried by 1,284 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex B360

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bhattarai is more common than 87.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,284 people named Bhattarai in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 240,456 Americans. That is up 880% since 2000, when the Census counted 131.

#20,627

rank among US surnames

1,284

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+880.2%

change since 2000 (was #121,780)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#20,627	Siple	1,284	240,456
#20,636	Lowenthal	1,283	240,643

Who is named Bhattarai

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

96% of people named Bhattarai identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 2.3% as two or more races and 1.1% as white (not Hispanic).

Asian and Pacific Islander 96%
Two or more races 2.3%
White (not Hispanic) 1.1%

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

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

Questions

How common is the surname Bhattarai?: 1,284 people in the United States had the surname Bhattarai in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 240,456 Americans. It ranked 20,627th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bhattarai?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Bhattarai identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 2.3% as two or more races.
Is the surname Bhattarai getting more or less common?: More common. 131 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,284 in 2010, up 880%.