How common is the surname Parikh?

7,506 people in the United States had the surname Parikh in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 41,133 Americans. It ranked 4,724th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Parikh getting more or less common?

More common. 5,113 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,506 in 2010, up 47%.

The surname Parikh

A Gujarati surname, carried by 7,506 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Parikh is more common than 97.1% of them.

Origin

Gujarati origin

Transliteration of Gujarati પરીખ (parīkh).

One of 18 Gujarati surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,506 people named Parikh in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 41,133 Americans. That is up 47% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,113.

#4,724

rank among US surnames

7,506

people in 2010

2.5

per 100,000 Americans

+46.8%

change since 2000 (was #6,170)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,721	Friesen	7,512	41,100
#4,722	Toomey	7,510	41,111
#4,723	Ault	7,509	41,117
#4,724	Parikh	7,506	41,133

Who is named Parikh

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

95% of people named Parikh identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 2.3% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as two or more races.

Asian and Pacific Islander 95%
White (not Hispanic) 2.3%
Two or more races 2.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Parikh

Parikh has the Soundex code P620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P620.

Other Gujarati surnames

All 18 Gujarati surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Parikh come from?: Transliteration of Gujarati પરીખ (parīkh).
How common is the surname Parikh?: 7,506 people in the United States had the surname Parikh in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 41,133 Americans. It ranked 4,724th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Parikh?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Parikh identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 2.3% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Parikh getting more or less common?: More common. 5,113 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,506 in 2010, up 47%.