The surname Pandya
A surname, carried by 3,512 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex P530
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 3,512 people named Pandya in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 87,912 Americans. That is up 61% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,178.
Who is named Pandya
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
94% of people named Pandya identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 2.5% as two or more races and 2.1% as white (not Hispanic).
- Asian and Pacific Islander 94%
- Two or more races 2.5%
- White (not Hispanic) 2.1%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.6%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.1%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Pandya has the Soundex code P530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P530.
Questions
- How common is the surname Pandya?
- 3,512 people in the United States had the surname Pandya in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 87,912 Americans. It ranked 9,271st of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Pandya?
- In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Pandya identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 2.5% as two or more races.
- Is the surname Pandya getting more or less common?
- More common. 2,178 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,512 in 2010, up 61%.