How common is the surname Subramanian?

3,443 people in the United States had the surname Subramanian in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 89,673 Americans. It ranked 9,449th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Subramanian getting more or less common?

More common. 1,820 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,443 in 2010, up 89%.

The surname Subramanian

A surname, carried by 3,443 people in the United States.

5 syllables Soundex S165

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Subramanian is more common than 94.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,443 people named Subramanian in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 89,673 Americans. That is up 89% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,820.

#9,449

rank among US surnames

3,443

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+89.2%

change since 2000 (was #14,920)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,440	Wehner	3,446	89,595
#9,444	Durso	3,445	89,621
#9,446	McGruder	3,444	89,647
#9,449	Subramanian	3,443	89,673
#9,451	Pick	3,442	89,699
#9,455	Antonucci	3,441	89,726
#9,458	Borrelli	3,440	89,752

Who is named Subramanian

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

95% of people named Subramanian identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 2.3% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as two or more races.

Asian and Pacific Islander 95%
White (not Hispanic) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

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

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Subramanian

Subramaniam

Subramanian has the Soundex code S165, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S165.

Questions

How common is the surname Subramanian?: 3,443 people in the United States had the surname Subramanian in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 89,673 Americans. It ranked 9,449th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Subramanian?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Subramanian identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 2.3% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Subramanian getting more or less common?: More common. 1,820 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,443 in 2010, up 89%.