# Sundaram (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/sundaram/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,277 |
| US rank (2010) | 20,709 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 241,774 people |
| Change since 2000 | +79% (714 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Tamil சுந்தரம் (cuntaram) and Telugu సుందరం (sundaraṁ), ultimately from Sanskrit सुन्दर (sundara, “beautiful, handsome, lovely, charming, agreeable”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Sundaram in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 3.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 0.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 93% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Similar surnames

Sunderland, Sunderman, Sanders, Snyder, Schneider, Saunders, Snider, Sanderson, Sander, Santoro, Smothers, Senter.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.