How common is the surname Tripathi?

1,399 people in the United States had the surname Tripathi in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 220,690 Americans. It ranked 19,341st of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Tripathi getting more or less common?

More common. 620 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,399 in 2010, up 126%.

The surname Tripathi

A Hindi surname, carried by 1,399 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex T613

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tripathi is more common than 88.1% of them.

Origin

Hindi origin

Borrowed from Hindi त्रिपाठी (tripāṭhī), which is from Sanskrit त्रिपाठिन् (tripāṭhin, “person who has studied the three Vedas”).

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 1,399 people named Tripathi in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 220,690 Americans. That is up 126% since 2000, when the Census counted 620.

#19,341

rank among US surnames

1,399

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+125.6%

change since 2000 (was #34,554)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#19,334	Assad	1,400	220,533
#19,341	Knapik	1,399	220,690
#19,348	Casarrubias	1,398	220,848

Who is named Tripathi

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

94% of people named Tripathi identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 2.4% as two or more races and 2.2% as white (not Hispanic).

Asian and Pacific Islander 94%
Two or more races 2.4%
White (not Hispanic) 2.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American 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 Tripathi

Tripathi has the Soundex code T613, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T613.

Other Hindi surnames

All 48 Hindi surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Tripathi come from?: Borrowed from Hindi त्रिपाठी (tripāṭhī), which is from Sanskrit त्रिपाठिन् (tripāṭhin, “person who has studied the three Vedas”).
How common is the surname Tripathi?: 1,399 people in the United States had the surname Tripathi in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 220,690 Americans. It ranked 19,341st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Tripathi?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Tripathi identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 2.4% as two or more races.
Is the surname Tripathi getting more or less common?: More common. 620 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,399 in 2010, up 126%.