Skip to content
Name Lineage

    The surname Randhawa

    A Punjabi surname, carried by 2,222 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex R530

    Randhawa: #13,627 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Randhawa #13,627, 2,222 people Randhawa: #13,627 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Randhawa #13,627, 2,222 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Randhawa is more common than 91.6% of them.

    Origin

    Punjabi origin

    Borrowed from Punjabi ਰੰਧਾਵਾ (randhāvā).

    One of 39 Punjabi surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,222 people named Randhawa in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 138,949 Americans. That is up 71% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,303.

    #13,627
    rank among US surnames
    2,222
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +70.5%
    change since 2000 (was #19,248)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,622Wilmer2,224138,824
    #13,625Gauvin2,223138,887
    #13,627Shum2,222138,949

    Who is named Randhawa

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

    94% of people named Randhawa identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 2.7% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as two or more races.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 94%
    • White (not Hispanic) 2.7%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

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

    Famous Randhawas

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Nikki Haley
      American politician and diplomat (born 1972)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Randhawa

    Randhawa has the Soundex code R530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R530.

    Other Punjabi surnames

    All 39 Punjabi surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Randhawa come from?
    Borrowed from Punjabi ਰੰਧਾਵਾ (randhāvā).
    How common is the surname Randhawa?
    2,222 people in the United States had the surname Randhawa in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 138,949 Americans. It ranked 13,627th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Randhawa?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Randhawa identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 2.7% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Randhawa?
    Nikki Haley, American politician and diplomat (born 1972).
    Where is the surname Randhawa most common?
    Wikidata records people named Randhawa in the United States.
    Is the surname Randhawa getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,303 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,222 in 2010, up 71%.