How common is the surname Majumdar?

703 people in the United States had the surname Majumdar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 439,183 Americans. It ranked 32,676th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Majumdar getting more or less common?

More common. 377 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 703 in 2010, up 87%.

What are other spellings of Majumdar?

Mojumdar, Mujumdar, Muzumdar, Majumder, Mojumder and Mazumdar.

The surname Majumdar

A Bengali surname, carried by 703 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M253

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Majumdar is more common than 79.9% of them.

Origin

Bengali origin

Borrowed from Bengali মজুমদার (mojumodar, “record keeper”), from Classical Persian مَجْمُوع دَار (majmū' dār).

One of 21 Bengali surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 703 people named Majumdar in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 439,183 Americans. That is up 87% since 2000, when the Census counted 377.

#32,676

rank among US surnames

703

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

+86.5%

change since 2000 (was #51,809)

Who is named Majumdar

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

93% of people named Majumdar identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 3.1% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as two or more races.

Asian and Pacific Islander 93%
White (not Hispanic) 3.1%
Two or more races 2.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Mojumdar
Mujumdar
Muzumdar
Majumder
Mojumder
Mazumdar
Mozumdar
Mazumder
Mozumder
Majoomdar

Majumdar has the Soundex code M253, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M253.

Other Bengali surnames

All 21 Bengali surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Majumdar come from?: Borrowed from Bengali মজুমদার (mojumodar, “record keeper”), from Classical Persian مَجْمُوع دَار (majmū' dār).
How common is the surname Majumdar?: 703 people in the United States had the surname Majumdar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 439,183 Americans. It ranked 32,676th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Majumdar?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Majumdar identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 3.1% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Majumdar getting more or less common?: More common. 377 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 703 in 2010, up 87%.
What are other spellings of Majumdar?: Mojumdar, Mujumdar, Muzumdar, Majumder, Mojumder and Mazumdar.