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    The surname Kumar

    A surname, carried by 25,986 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K560

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kumar is more common than 99.2% of them.

    Origin

    Transliteration of Hindi कुमार (kumār), etc.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 25,986 people named Kumar in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 11,881 Americans. That is up 79% since 2000, when the Census counted 14,517.

    #1,357
    rank among US surnames
    25,986
    people in 2010
    8.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +79%
    change since 2000 (was #2,293)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #1,348Rossi26,18311,792
    #1,349Goss26,17911,794
    #1,350Lott26,17411,796
    #1,351Leyva26,15311,805
    #1,352Hinojosa26,14611,809
    #1,353Gil26,11211,824
    #1,354Crabtree26,10411,828

    Who is named Kumar

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

    88% of people named Kumar identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 4.9% as two or more races and 4.2% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 88%
    • Two or more races 4.9%
    • White (not Hispanic) 4.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

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

    Famous Kumars

    5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Akshay Kumar
      Actor, born 1967
    • Ajith Kumar
      Actor, racer and producer, born 1971
    • Pooja Kumar
      American actress, born 1977
    • Vimal Kumar
      Badminton player, born 1962
    • Gyanesh Kumar
      26th Chief Election Commissioner of India (Retd. IAS Officer), born 1964

    Notable Kumars come mostly from India (3) and the United States (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Kumar

    Kumar has the Soundex code K560, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K560.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Kumar come from?
    Transliteration of Hindi कुमार (kumār), etc.
    How common is the surname Kumar?
    25,986 people in the United States had the surname Kumar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 11,881 Americans. It ranked 1,357th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kumar?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Kumar identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 4.9% as two or more races.
    Who is the most famous person named Kumar?
    Akshay Kumar, Actor, followed by Ajith Kumar.
    Where is the surname Kumar most common?
    Wikidata records people named Kumar in India and the United States.
    Is the surname Kumar getting more or less common?
    More common. 14,517 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 25,986 in 2010, up 79%.
    Is Kumar also a first name?
    Yes. Kumar is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.