Explore the Family Name Kandasamy

The meaning of Kandasamy

Indian and Sri Lankan: from an Anglicized form of the Tamil personal name Kantacāmi, apparently a derivative of Sanskrit skanda, from a verb meaning ‘to attack’, + svāmī ‘master’, a term of reverence for a yogi or ascetic.

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How common is the last name Kandasamy in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Kandasamy has seen a remarkable increase in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 123,314th most popular surname, but by 2010 it had jumped to 60,960th place — an impressive growth of over 50%. In terms of numbers, there were only 129 counts of the name in 2000, while this figure had more than doubled to 330 by 2010. The proportion of people with this surname per 100,000 also increased from 0.05 to 0.11 during this period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#123,314	#60,960	50.57%
Count	129	330	155.81%
Proportion per 100k	0.05	0.11	120%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Kandasamy

When it comes to ethnic identity, the majority of individuals with the surname Kandasamy identified as Asian/Pacific Islander in both 2000 and 2010 according to the Decennial U.S. Census. While in 2000, 94.57% of people with this surname identified as such, this figure slightly rose to 96.06% by 2010. Interestingly, the census data from 2010 also shows that some individuals with this surname identify as belonging to two or more races, a category that was not represented in the 2000 data. There were no recorded instances of individuals with this surname identifying as White, Hispanic, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either years.

	2000	2010	Change
Asian/Pacific Islander	94.57%	96.06%	1.58%
Two or More Races	0%	2.73%	0%
White	0%	0%	0%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%