The surname Kothari
A Hindi surname, carried by 2,071 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex K360
Origin
Hindi origin
Borrowed from Hindi कोठारी (koṭhārī).
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 2,071 people named Kothari in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 149,080 Americans. That is up 67% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,237.
Who is named Kothari
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
94% of people named Kothari identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 3.0% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as two or more races.
- Asian and Pacific Islander 94%
- White (not Hispanic) 3.0%
- Two or more races 2.6%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.4%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Kothari
Kothari has the Soundex code K360, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K360.
Other Hindi surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Kothari come from?
- Borrowed from Hindi कोठारी (koṭhārī).
- How common is the surname Kothari?
- 2,071 people in the United States had the surname Kothari in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 149,080 Americans. It ranked 14,427th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Kothari?
- In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Kothari identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 3.0% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Kothari getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,237 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,071 in 2010, up 67%.