How common is the surname Khandelwal?

620 people in the United States had the surname Khandelwal in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 497,977 Americans. It ranked 36,154th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Khandelwal getting more or less common?

More common. 247 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 620 in 2010, up 151%.

The surname Khandelwal

A Hindi surname, carried by 620 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex K534

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Khandelwal is more common than 77.7% of them.

Origin

Hindi origin

Borrowed from Hindi खंडेलवाल (khaṇḍelvāl), from खंडेला (khaṇḍelā, “Khandela, a city in Rajasthan, India”) + -वाल (-vāl); the first element being from Sanskrit खड्ग (khaḍga, “sword”).

One of 48 Hindi surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 620 people named Khandelwal in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 497,977 Americans. That is up 151% since 2000, when the Census counted 247.

#36,154

rank among US surnames

620

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

+151%

change since 2000 (was #73,154)

Who is named Khandelwal

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

95% of people named Khandelwal identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 2.4% as white (not Hispanic).

Asian and Pacific Islander 95%
White (not Hispanic) 2.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
Two or more races 0.8%

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

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Khandelwal

Khandelwal has the Soundex code K534, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K534.

Other Hindi surnames

All 48 Hindi surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Khandelwal come from?: Borrowed from Hindi खंडेलवाल (khaṇḍelvāl), from खंडेला (khaṇḍelā, “Khandela, a city in Rajasthan, India”) + -वाल (-vāl); the first element being from Sanskrit खड्ग (khaḍga, “sword”).
How common is the surname Khandelwal?: 620 people in the United States had the surname Khandelwal in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 497,977 Americans. It ranked 36,154th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Khandelwal?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Khandelwal identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 2.4% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Khandelwal getting more or less common?: More common. 247 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 620 in 2010, up 151%.