# Kaur (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/kaur/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 48,753 |
| US rank (2010) | 711 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 6,333 people |
| Change since 2000 | +123% (21,825 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Kaur in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 1.1% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 0.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 96% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Kaur in India and the United States.

## People named Kaur

- Snatam Kaur, American singer-songwriter
- Man Kaur, aged Indian athlete
- Jasmine Sandlas, American-Indian singer

## Similar surnames

Karr, Kear, Kara, Kuhr, Karow, Kerr, Khoury, Kier, Kerry, Koury, Kehr, Kohr.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.