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    The surname Khurana

    A Punjabi surname, carried by 1,182 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex K650

    Khurana: #21,960 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Khurana #21,960, 1,182 people Khurana: #21,960 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Khurana #21,960, 1,182 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Khurana is more common than 86.5% of them.

    Origin

    Punjabi origin

    Borrowed from Punjabi ਖੁਰਾਣਾ (khurāṇā).

    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 1,182 people named Khurana in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 261,206 Americans. That is up 77% since 2000, when the Census counted 668.

    #21,960
    rank among US surnames
    1,182
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +76.9%
    change since 2000 (was #32,460)

    Who is named Khurana

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

    93% of people named Khurana identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 3.6% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as two or more races.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 93%
    • White (not Hispanic) 3.6%
    • Two or more races 2.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American 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 Khurana

    Khurana has the Soundex code K650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K650.

    Other Punjabi surnames

    All 39 Punjabi surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Khurana come from?
    Borrowed from Punjabi ਖੁਰਾਣਾ (khurāṇā).
    How common is the surname Khurana?
    1,182 people in the United States had the surname Khurana in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 261,206 Americans. It ranked 21,960th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Khurana?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Khurana identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 3.6% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Khurana getting more or less common?
    More common. 668 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,182 in 2010, up 77%.