How common is the surname Gandhi?

6,721 people in the United States had the surname Gandhi in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 45,937 Americans. It ranked 5,199th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Gandhi?

Kiran Gandhi, American electronic music artist, singer, and activist.

Where is the surname Gandhi most common?

Wikidata records people named Gandhi in the United States.

How do you pronounce Gandhi?

Gandhi is /ˈɡɑndi/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Gandhi getting more or less common?

More common. 4,215 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,721 in 2010, up 60%.

The surname Gandhi

An occupational surname, carried by 6,721 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈɡɑndi/ 2 syllables Soundex G530

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gandhi is more common than 96.8% of them.

Origin

Borrowed from Gujarati ગાંધી (gāndhī, “grocer, merchant”), from Sanskrit गन्ध (gandha, “perfume”). Originally, a trader in perfume.

Gandhi is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,721 people named Gandhi in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 45,937 Americans. That is up 60% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,215.

#5,199

rank among US surnames

6,721

people in 2010

2.3

per 100,000 Americans

+59.5%

change since 2000 (was #7,292)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,191	Loftin	6,739	45,815
#5,192	Albritton	6,737	45,828
#5,194	Wisdom	6,734	45,849
#5,195	Bremer	6,733	45,856
#5,196	Rountree	6,726	45,903
#5,197	Roybal	6,725	45,910
#5,198	Zachary	6,724	45,917

Who is named Gandhi

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

95% of people named Gandhi identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 1.9% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as two or more races.

Asian and Pacific Islander 95%
White (not Hispanic) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

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

Famous Gandhis

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Kiran Gandhi
American electronic music artist, singer, and activist, born 1989

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Gandhy
Ghandi
Ghandy

Surnames that sound like Gandhi

Gandhi has the Soundex code G530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G530.

Questions

Where does the surname Gandhi come from?: Borrowed from Gujarati ગાંધી (gāndhī, “grocer, merchant”), from Sanskrit गन्ध (gandha, “perfume”). Originally, a trader in perfume.
How common is the surname Gandhi?: 6,721 people in the United States had the surname Gandhi in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 45,937 Americans. It ranked 5,199th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gandhi?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Gandhi identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 1.9% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Gandhi?: Kiran Gandhi, American electronic music artist, singer, and activist.
Where is the surname Gandhi most common?: Wikidata records people named Gandhi in the United States.
How do you pronounce Gandhi?: Gandhi is /ˈɡɑndi/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Gandhi?: Gandhi is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Gandhi getting more or less common?: More common. 4,215 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,721 in 2010, up 60%.
What are other spellings of Gandhi?: Gandhy, Ghandi and Ghandy.