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    The surname Krishnamurthy

    A surname, carried by 1,392 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex K625

    Krishnamurthy: #19,416 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Krishnamurthy #19,416, 1,392 people Krishnamurthy: #19,416 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Krishnamurthy #19,416, 1,392 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Krishnamurthy is more common than 88% of them.

    Origin

    From Krishna + Murthy.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,392 people named Krishnamurthy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 221,800 Americans. That is up 86% since 2000, when the Census counted 748.

    #19,416
    rank among US surnames
    1,392
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +86.1%
    change since 2000 (was #29,696)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #19,416Jeanjacques1,392221,800
    #19,425Akram1,391221,959

    Who is named Krishnamurthy

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

    97% of people named Krishnamurthy identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 1.5% as two or more races and 1.3% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 97%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • White (not Hispanic) 1.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Hispanic, 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 Krishnamurthy

    Krishnamurthy has the Soundex code K625, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K625.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Krishnamurthy come from?
    From Krishna + Murthy.
    How common is the surname Krishnamurthy?
    1,392 people in the United States had the surname Krishnamurthy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 221,800 Americans. It ranked 19,416th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Krishnamurthy?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Krishnamurthy identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 1.5% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Krishnamurthy getting more or less common?
    More common. 748 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,392 in 2010, up 86%.