Tamil surnames
15 surnames that come from Tamil, ordered by how many people carry them in the United States, starting with Iyer, Krishnan, Natarajan.
| # | Surname | US rank | People in the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iyer | 8,369 | 3,956 |
| 2 | Krishnan | 8,631 | 3,810 |
| 3 | Natarajan | 14,761 | 2,012 |
| 4 | Pillai | 15,163 | 1,944 |
| 5 | Ramakrishnan | 19,456 | 1,389 |
| 6 | Viswanathan | 20,047 | 1,334 |
| 7 | Balakrishnan | 21,583 | 1,209 |
| 8 | Ramanathan | 22,194 | 1,163 |
| 9 | Ramaswamy | 24,747 | 1,007 |
| 10 | Sridhar | 24,802 | 1,004 |
| 11 | Radhakrishnan | 24,260 | 1,034 |
| 12 | Balaji | 27,707 | 868 |
| 13 | Ramasamy | 34,967 | 645 |
| 14 | Ya | 37,180 | 600 |
| 15 | Hariharan | 37,544 | 593 |