How common is the surname Kurian?

2,163 people in the United States had the surname Kurian in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 142,739 Americans. It ranked 13,953rd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Kurian getting more or less common?

More common. 1,443 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,163 in 2010, up 50%.

The surname Kurian

A surname, carried by 2,163 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex K650

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kurian is more common than 91.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,163 people named Kurian in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 142,739 Americans. That is up 50% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,443.

#13,953

rank among US surnames

2,163

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+49.9%

change since 2000 (was #17,884)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,944	Trego	2,165	142,608
#13,949	Sherpa	2,164	142,674
#13,953	Kurian	2,163	142,739
#13,955	Wallick	2,162	142,806
#13,959	Milliron	2,161	142,872

Who is named Kurian

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

86% of people named Kurian identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 10% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.5% as two or more races.

Asian and Pacific Islander 86%
White (not Hispanic) 10%
Two or more races 1.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kurian

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

Questions

How common is the surname Kurian?: 2,163 people in the United States had the surname Kurian in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 142,739 Americans. It ranked 13,953rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kurian?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Kurian identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 10% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Kurian getting more or less common?: More common. 1,443 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,163 in 2010, up 50%.