How common is the last name Kumar?

37,459 people in the United States have the last name Kumar, about 1 in 7,979. It ranks #917 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

KUMAR

#917

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
37,459
About
1 in 7,979
This common or more
38.7%
Who bears it

Of the 37,459 people with the last name Kumar, 90.6% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 4% as White and 2.8% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Kumar

#915 Blackburn · 37,556#915 Duffy · 37,556#918 Rush · 37,453#919 John · 37,363

Spelled almost the same

4 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Kumar, most common first.

#10,215 Kumari · 3,003#54,407 Kumor · 409#63,119 Kumer · 342#117,309 Kunar · 157

Also a first name

As a first name, Kumar ranks #6,207 of 53,615, with 2,609 people. See Kumar as a first name

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