The surname Kapur
A Punjabi surname, carried by 1,428 people in the United States.
Pronounced /kəˈpʊə(ɹ)/ 2 syllables Soundex K160
Origin
Punjabi origin
Borrowed from Punjabi ਕਪੂਰ (kapūr).
One of 39 Punjabi surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,428 people named Kapur in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 216,208 Americans. That is up 36% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,053.
Who is named Kapur
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
83% of people named Kapur identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 9.5% as white (not Hispanic) and 5.3% as two or more races.
- Asian and Pacific Islander 83%
- White (not Hispanic) 9.5%
- Two or more races 5.3%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Variant spellings
Surnames that sound like Kapur
Kapur has the Soundex code K160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K160.
Other Punjabi surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Kapur come from?
- Borrowed from Punjabi ਕਪੂਰ (kapūr).
- How common is the surname Kapur?
- 1,428 people in the United States had the surname Kapur in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 216,208 Americans. It ranked 19,062nd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Kapur?
- In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Kapur identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 9.5% as white (not Hispanic).
- How do you pronounce Kapur?
- Kapur is /kəˈpʊə(ɹ)/, 2 syllables.
- Is the surname Kapur getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,053 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,428 in 2010, up 36%.
- What are other spellings of Kapur?
- Kapoor.