How common is the surname Suresh?

1,574 people in the United States had the surname Suresh in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 196,153 Americans. It ranked 17,789th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Suresh getting more or less common?

More common. 678 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,574 in 2010, up 132%.

Is Suresh also a first name?

Yes. Suresh is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Suresh

A Sanskrit surname, carried by 1,574 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Suresh is more common than 89% of them.

Origin

Sanskrit origin

Borrowed from Sanskrit सुरेश (sureśa).

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 1,574 people named Suresh in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 196,153 Americans. That is up 132% since 2000, when the Census counted 678.

#17,789

rank among US surnames

1,574

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+132.2%

change since 2000 (was #32,094)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,784	Mallari	1,575	196,029
#17,789	Lafortune	1,574	196,153
#17,798	Baas	1,573	196,278

Who is named Suresh

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

97% of people named Suresh identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 1.1% as white (not Hispanic).

Asian and Pacific Islander 97%
White (not Hispanic) 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Two or more races 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.4%

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Suresh

Suresh has the Soundex code S620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S620.

Other Sanskrit surnames

All 24 Sanskrit surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Suresh come from?: Borrowed from Sanskrit सुरेश (sureśa).
How common is the surname Suresh?: 1,574 people in the United States had the surname Suresh in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 196,153 Americans. It ranked 17,789th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Suresh?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Suresh identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 1.1% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Suresh getting more or less common?: More common. 678 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,574 in 2010, up 132%.
Is Suresh also a first name?: Yes. Suresh is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.