The surname Thakur
A Hindi surname, carried by 1,787 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex T260
Origin
Hindi origin
Borrowed from Hindi ठाकुर (ṭhākur) and Bengali ঠাকুর (ṭhakur), a historical feudal title of the Indian subcontinent.
One of 48 Hindi surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,787 people named Thakur in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 172,773 Americans. That is up 130% since 2000, when the Census counted 778.
Who is named Thakur
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
93% of people named Thakur identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 3.1% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as two or more races.
- Asian and Pacific Islander 93%
- White (not Hispanic) 3.1%
- Two or more races 2.0%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.0%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Thakur has the Soundex code T260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T260.
Other Hindi surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Thakur come from?
- Borrowed from Hindi ठाकुर (ṭhākur) and Bengali ঠাকুর (ṭhakur), a historical feudal title of the Indian subcontinent.
- How common is the surname Thakur?
- 1,787 people in the United States had the surname Thakur in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 172,773 Americans. It ranked 16,171st of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Thakur?
- In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Thakur identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 3.1% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Thakur getting more or less common?
- More common. 778 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,787 in 2010, up 130%.