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    Sanskrit surnames

    24 surnames that come from Sanskrit, ordered by how many people carry them in the United States, starting with Jain, Bhatt, Mishra.

    #SurnameUS rankPeople in the US
    1 Jain 3,094 11,626
    2 Bhatt 6,363 5,349
    3 Mishra 7,601 4,372
    4 Anand 8,651 3,798
    5 Shukla 10,159 3,176
    6 Adhikari 11,010 2,889
    7 Bhandari 13,517 2,244
    8 Bhat 13,916 2,170
    9 Mitra 15,066 1,958
    10 Yadav 15,734 1,853
    11 Amar 16,108 1,797
    12 Bahl 15,615 1,871
    13 Suresh 17,789 1,574
    14 Krishna 18,793 1,458
    15 Goswami 20,829 1,267
    16 Sundaram 20,709 1,277
    17 Arya 24,961 996
    18 Prajapati 24,352 1,029
    19 Kumari 25,083 990
    20 Chhetri 30,916 752
    21 Maheshwari 31,285 741
    22 Shanmugam 31,994 721
    23 Ranjan 40,976 532
    24 Kandasamy 60,960 330