The surname Mathur
A Hindi surname, carried by 1,881 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex M360
Origin
Hindi origin
Borrowed from Hindi माथुर (māthur).
One of 48 Hindi surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,881 people named Mathur in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 164,139 Americans. That is up 24% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,522.
Who is named Mathur
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
91% of people named Mathur identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 5.1% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as two or more races.
- Asian and Pacific Islander 91%
- White (not Hispanic) 5.1%
- Two or more races 2.9%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Mathur has the Soundex code M360, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M360.
Other Hindi surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Mathur come from?
- Borrowed from Hindi माथुर (māthur).
- How common is the surname Mathur?
- 1,881 people in the United States had the surname Mathur in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 164,139 Americans. It ranked 15,551st of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Mathur?
- In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Mathur identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 5.1% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Mathur getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,522 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,881 in 2010, up 24%.