The surname Prajapati
A Sanskrit surname, carried by 1,029 people in the United States.
4 syllables Soundex P621
Origin
Sanskrit origin
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit प्रजापति (prajā́pati, “lord of creation”).
One of 24 Sanskrit surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,029 people named Prajapati in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 300,044 Americans. That is up 161% since 2000, when the Census counted 395.
#24,352
rank among US surnames
1,029
people in 2010
0.3
per 100,000 Americans
+160.5%
change since 2000 (was #49,869)
Who is named Prajapati
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
97% of people named Prajapati identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 1.2% as two or more races.
- Asian and Pacific Islander 97%
- Two or more races 1.2%
- White (not Hispanic) 1.0%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.5%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Other Sanskrit surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Prajapati come from?
- Learned borrowing from Sanskrit प्रजापति (prajā́pati, “lord of creation”).
- How common is the surname Prajapati?
- 1,029 people in the United States had the surname Prajapati in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 300,044 Americans. It ranked 24,352nd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Prajapati?
- In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Prajapati identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 1.2% as two or more races.
- Is the surname Prajapati getting more or less common?
- More common. 395 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,029 in 2010, up 161%.