Skip to content
Name Lineage

    The surname Kandasamy

    A Sanskrit surname, carried by 330 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex K532

    Kandasamy: #60,960 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Kandasamy #60,960, 330 people Kandasamy: #60,960 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Kandasamy #60,960, 330 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kandasamy is more common than 62.4% of them.

    Origin

    Sanskrit origin

    From Tamil கந்தசாமி (kantacāmi), from Sanskrit स्कन्दस्वामिन् (skandasvāmin, “Skanda, Kartikeya”), from स्कन्द (skanda, “Skanda”) + स्वामिन् (svāmin, “swami”).

    One of 24 Sanskrit surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 330 people named Kandasamy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 935,593 Americans. That is up 156% since 2000, when the Census counted 129.

    #60,960
    rank among US surnames
    330
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +155.8%
    change since 2000 (was #123,314)

    Who is named Kandasamy

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

    96% of people named Kandasamy identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 2.7% as two or more races.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 96%
    • Two or more races 2.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; White, Black are not shown.

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

    Other Sanskrit surnames

    All 24 Sanskrit surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Kandasamy come from?
    From Tamil கந்தசாமி (kantacāmi), from Sanskrit स्कन्दस्वामिन् (skandasvāmin, “Skanda, Kartikeya”), from स्कन्द (skanda, “Skanda”) + स्वामिन् (svāmin, “swami”).
    How common is the surname Kandasamy?
    330 people in the United States had the surname Kandasamy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 935,593 Americans. It ranked 60,960th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kandasamy?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kandasamy identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 2.7% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Kandasamy getting more or less common?
    More common. 129 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 330 in 2010, up 156%.