The surname Purohit
A surname, carried by 1,065 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex P630
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,065 people named Purohit in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 289,902 Americans. That is up 83% since 2000, when the Census counted 581.
Who is named Purohit
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
93% of people named Purohit identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 2.5% as two or more races and 2.3% as white (not Hispanic).
- Asian and Pacific Islander 93%
- Two or more races 2.5%
- White (not Hispanic) 2.3%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.0%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Purohit has the Soundex code P630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P630.
Questions
- How common is the surname Purohit?
- 1,065 people in the United States had the surname Purohit in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 289,902 Americans. It ranked 23,750th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Purohit?
- In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Purohit identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 2.5% as two or more races.
- Is the surname Purohit getting more or less common?
- More common. 581 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,065 in 2010, up 83%.