Explore the Family Name Sunkara

The meaning of Sunkara

Indian (Andhra Pradesh): name found in the Kamma and Kapu communities, from Sanskrit swarnakar ‘goldsmith’.

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

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Sunkara has seen a significant rise in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In the year 2000, it was ranked 86,992nd in terms of prevalence but soared to the 40,494th spot by 2010, marking an impressive increase of 53.45%. The count of individuals carrying this surname also grew substantially from 199 to 540 during the same period, indicating a growth rate of 171.36%. Proportionally, for every 100k people, there were 0.07 Sunkaras in 2000, a figure that elevated to 0.18 by 2010 - a leap of 157.14%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#86,992	#40,494	53.45%
Count	199	540	171.36%
Proportion per 100k	0.07	0.18	157.14%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Sunkara

In terms of ethnic identity, the Census data reveals that the majority of individuals with the Sunkara surname identified as Asian/Pacific Islander. In the decade between 2000 and 2010, individuals within this ethnicity bearing the Sunkara surname increased from 93.47% to 97.78%, marking a change of 4.61%. The data also shows a small percentage (0.93%) of people with this surname identifying as White in 2010, a new development since no such identification was recorded in 2000. There were no individuals of Hispanic, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native ethnicity reported to have the Sunkara surname in either 2000 or 2010. It should be noted that the percentage of individuals identifying with two or more races went down to zero in 2010 from 5.53% in 2000.

	2000	2010	Change
Asian/Pacific Islander	93.47%	97.78%	4.61%
White	0%	0.93%	0%
Two or More Races	5.53%	0%	0%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%