How common is the surname Mahajan?

1,794 people in the United States had the surname Mahajan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 172,099 Americans. It ranked 16,130th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Mahajan getting more or less common?

More common. 849 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,794 in 2010, up 111%.

The surname Mahajan

A Marathi surname, carried by 1,794 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M250

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mahajan is more common than 90.1% of them.

Origin

Marathi origin

Borrowed from Marathi महाजन (mahājan). This surname is mostly found in Maharashtra.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,794 people named Mahajan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 172,099 Americans. That is up 111% since 2000, when the Census counted 849.

#16,130

rank among US surnames

1,794

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+111.3%

change since 2000 (was #26,898)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,125	Kinnaman	1,795	172,003
#16,130	Dickison	1,794	172,099
#16,136	Bastidas	1,793	172,195

Who is named Mahajan

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

94% of people named Mahajan identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 3.2% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as two or more races.

Asian and Pacific Islander 94%
White (not Hispanic) 3.2%
Two or more races 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Hispanic 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 Mahajan

Mahajan has the Soundex code M250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M250.

Questions

Where does the surname Mahajan come from?: Borrowed from Marathi महाजन (mahājan). This surname is mostly found in Maharashtra.
How common is the surname Mahajan?: 1,794 people in the United States had the surname Mahajan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 172,099 Americans. It ranked 16,130th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mahajan?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Mahajan identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 3.2% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Mahajan getting more or less common?: More common. 849 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,794 in 2010, up 111%.