Explore the Family Name Nanda

The meaning of Nanda

Indian (Punjab): Khatri and Sikh name based on the name of a Khatri clan, of unexplained etymology. Some characteristic forenames: Indian Ashok, Ashwini, Amitabh, Anil, Arun, Kavita, Madhu, Meenu, Mohit, Nikhil, Rajesh, Rajiv.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Nanda has seen considerable growth in popularity over a span of ten years from 2000 to 2010. In the year 2000, Nanda sat at a rank of 34,554 but saw an impressive ascent to 23,054 by 2010, signifying a change of 33.28%. The count of people with this surname increased from 620 to 1,109 in the same period, showing a substantial rise of 78.87%. In terms of proportion per 100,000 people, there was also an increase from 0.23 to 0.38, which is a 65.22% growth.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#34,554	#23,054	33.28%
Count	620	1,109	78.87%
Proportion per 100k	0.23	0.38	65.22%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Nanda

On the matter of ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census data indicates that Asian/Pacific Islander remains the primary ethnicity associated with the surname Nanda, accounting for 86.45% in 2000 which slightly rose to 86.83% by 2010. There were some shifts among other ethnicities during this period. The percentage of Nanda's identified as being of two or more races decreased from 6.13% to 3.88%, while those identified as White dropped from 6.45% to 5.68%. Interestingly, there were newly recorded appearances of the Nanda surname among Hispanic, Black, and American Indian and Alaskan Native ethnicities in 2010, where there were none reported in 2000.

	2000	2010	Change
Asian/Pacific Islander	86.45%	86.83%	0.44%
White	6.45%	5.68%	-11.94%
Two or More Races	6.13%	3.88%	-36.7%
Hispanic	0%	1.98%	0%
Black	0%	0.81%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0.81%	0%