How common is the surname Radhakrishnan?

1,034 people in the United States had the surname Radhakrishnan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 298,593 Americans. It ranked 24,260th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Radhakrishnan getting more or less common?

More common. 506 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,034 in 2010, up 104%.

The surname Radhakrishnan

A Tamil surname, carried by 1,034 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex R326

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Radhakrishnan is more common than 85% of them.

Origin

Tamil origin

Borrowed from Tamil ராதாகிருட்டிணன் (rātākiruṭṭiṇaṉ).

One of 15 Tamil surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,034 people named Radhakrishnan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 298,593 Americans. That is up 104% since 2000, when the Census counted 506.

#24,260

rank among US surnames

1,034

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+104.3%

change since 2000 (was #40,690)

Who is named Radhakrishnan

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

97% of people named Radhakrishnan identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 1.3% as two or more races and 1.1% as white (not Hispanic).

Asian and Pacific Islander 97%
Two or more races 1.3%
White (not Hispanic) 1.1%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Hispanic, Native American are not shown.

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

Other Tamil surnames

All 15 Tamil surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Radhakrishnan come from?: Borrowed from Tamil ராதாகிருட்டிணன் (rātākiruṭṭiṇaṉ).
How common is the surname Radhakrishnan?: 1,034 people in the United States had the surname Radhakrishnan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 298,593 Americans. It ranked 24,260th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Radhakrishnan?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Radhakrishnan identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 1.3% as two or more races.
Is the surname Radhakrishnan getting more or less common?: More common. 506 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,034 in 2010, up 104%.