The surname Krishnan
A Tamil surname, carried by 3,810 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex K625
Origin
Tamil origin
Borrowed from Tamil கிருஷ்ணன் (kiruṣṇaṉ).
One of 15 Tamil surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 3,810 people named Krishnan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 81,036 Americans. That is up 86% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,047.
Who is named Krishnan
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
95% of people named Krishnan identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 2.3% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as two or more races.
- Asian and Pacific Islander 95%
- White (not Hispanic) 2.3%
- Two or more races 2.3%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.3%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Krishnan
Krishnan has the Soundex code K625, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K625.
Other Tamil surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Krishnan come from?
- Borrowed from Tamil கிருஷ்ணன் (kiruṣṇaṉ).
- How common is the surname Krishnan?
- 3,810 people in the United States had the surname Krishnan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 81,036 Americans. It ranked 8,631st of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Krishnan?
- In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Krishnan identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 2.3% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Krishnan getting more or less common?
- More common. 2,047 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,810 in 2010, up 86%.