The surname Sundaram
A Sanskrit surname, carried by 1,277 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex S536
Origin
Sanskrit origin
From Tamil சுந்தரம் (cuntaram) and Telugu సుందరం (sundaraṁ), ultimately from Sanskrit सुन्दर (sundara, “beautiful, handsome, lovely, charming, agreeable”).
One of 24 Sanskrit surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,277 people named Sundaram in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 241,774 Americans. That is up 79% since 2000, when the Census counted 714.
Who is named Sundaram
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
93% of people named Sundaram identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 3.7% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as two or more races.
- Asian and Pacific Islander 93%
- White (not Hispanic) 3.7%
- Two or more races 2.0%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.8%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Sundaram
Sundaram has the Soundex code S536, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S536.
Other Sanskrit surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Sundaram come from?
- From Tamil சுந்தரம் (cuntaram) and Telugu సుందరం (sundaraṁ), ultimately from Sanskrit सुन्दर (sundara, “beautiful, handsome, lovely, charming, agreeable”).
- How common is the surname Sundaram?
- 1,277 people in the United States had the surname Sundaram in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 241,774 Americans. It ranked 20,709th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Sundaram?
- In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Sundaram identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 3.7% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Sundaram getting more or less common?
- More common. 714 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,277 in 2010, up 79%.