How Many People Have the Last Name Kumar?
people had the surname Kumar in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 11,351 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
Asian and Pacific Islander
Change Since 2000
+11,469 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Kumar (88.3%) are non-Hispanic Asian or Pacific Islander. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic Asian or Pacific Islander, Kumar ranks #58. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic Asian or Pacific Islander share rose from 83.8% to 88.3%, and the non-Hispanic and of two or more races share fell from 8.9% to 4.9%.
See the most common Asian last names.
📈 Change Since 2000
Kumar grew from 14,517 people in 2000 to 25,986 in 2010 (up 79%), and its rank rose from #2,293 to #1,357.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 14,517 | 25,986 |
| Rank | #2,293 | #1,357 |
| Per 100,000 people | 5.38 | 8.81 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Kumar
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Kumar: K560
👤 Kumar as a First Name
Kumar is a first name too: about 292 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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