Most common surnames in India

The 100 surnames with the most bearers in India

Devi
#1
359.789.147
bearers (top 100)
100
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This table shows the 100 most common surnames in India, ranked by number of bearers. Data comes from official censuses and civil registries.

Singh
34.837.930
2
Devi
70.362.196
1
Kumar
31.111.143
3
# Surname Bearers Share
1 Devi 70.362.196
19.6%
2 Singh 34.837.930
9.7%
3 Kumar 31.111.143
8.6%
4 Das 11.368.662
3.2%
5 Kaur 9.480.181
2.6%
6 Ram 7.228.537
2%
7 Yadav 6.993.385
1.9%
8 Kumari 6.615.133
1.8%
9 Lal 5.669.656
1.6%
10 Bai 5.339.640
1.5%
11 Khatun 5.276.478
1.5%
12 Mandal 5.167.955
1.4%
13 Ali 5.119.003
1.4%
14 Sharma 5.025.029
1.4%
15 Ray 4.740.426
1.3%
16 Mondal 4.655.061
1.3%
17 Khan 4.569.384
1.3%
18 Sah 4.551.187
1.3%
19 Patel 4.215.907
1.2%
20 Prasad 3.934.519
1.1%
21 Patil 3.680.446
1%
22 Ghosh 3.640.320
1%
23 Pal 2.968.625
0.8%
24 Sahu 2.841.120
0.8%
25 Gupta 2.835.985
0.8%
26 Shaikh 2.814.124
0.8%
27 Bibi 2.770.959
0.8%
28 Sekh 2.367.491
0.7%
29 Begam 2.345.927
0.7%
30 Biswas 2.256.421
0.6%
31 Sarkar 2.247.085
0.6%
32 Paramar 2.246.677
0.6%
33 Khatoon 2.203.389
0.6%
34 Mahto 2.174.470
0.6%
35 Ansari 2.096.249
0.6%
36 Nayak 2.078.517
0.6%
37 Ma 2.068.565
0.6%
38 Rathod 2.054.796
0.6%
39 Jadhav 2.054.724
0.6%
40 Mahato 2.003.812
0.6%
41 Rani 1.998.513
0.6%
42 Barman 1.961.454
0.5%
43 Behera 1.948.478
0.5%
44 Mishra 1.917.072
0.5%
45 Chand 1.915.675
0.5%
46 Roy 1.914.359
0.5%
47 Begum 1.907.672
0.5%
48 Saha 1.879.505
0.5%
49 Paswan 1.843.568
0.5%
50 Thakur 1.815.964
0.5%
51 Thakor 1.646.906
0.5%
52 Ahamad 1.626.496
0.5%
53 Chauhan 1.592.334
0.4%
54 Pawar 1.578.907
0.4%
55 Majhi 1.571.251
0.4%
56 Bano 1.563.848
0.4%
57 Naik 1.535.388
0.4%
58 Pradhan 1.493.787
0.4%
59 Alam 1.398.756
0.4%
60 Shinde 1.350.189
0.4%
61 Malik 1.334.780
0.4%
62 Sardar 1.251.180
0.3%
63 Nath 1.221.580
0.3%
64 Raut 1.201.389
0.3%
65 Bauri 1.146.373
0.3%
66 Shaik 1.117.580
0.3%
67 Chandra 1.117.493
0.3%
68 Patra 1.114.828
0.3%
69 Jha 1.112.929
0.3%
70 Murmu 1.099.561
0.3%
71 Solanki 1.081.015
0.3%
72 Cauhan 1.043.183
0.3%
73 Shah 1.039.807
0.3%
74 Prakash 1.036.851
0.3%
75 Sinh 1.025.018
0.3%
76 Pandey 1.021.392
0.3%
77 Patal 1.002.362
0.3%
78 Munda 996.602
0.3%
79 Dutta 993.810
0.3%
80 Chaudhari 973.421
0.3%
81 Raj 965.679
0.3%
82 Pandit 965.304
0.3%
83 Jain 944.116
0.3%
84 Kamble 941.077
0.3%
85 Manjhi 938.578
0.3%
86 Rana 935.595
0.3%
87 Molla 904.574
0.3%
88 Chaudhary 896.002
0.2%
89 Makavan 890.167
0.2%
90 Jena 890.023
0.2%
91 Chakraborty 881.382
0.2%
92 Hussain 869.403
0.2%
93 Pathan 859.148
0.2%
94 Gayakwad 817.151
0.2%
95 Nisha 811.778
0.2%
96 Vasav 793.673
0.2%
97 Debnath 780.243
0.2%
98 Rai 778.769
0.2%
99 More 762.380
0.2%
100 Varma 761.715
0.2%
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FAQs

What are the most common surnames in India?
According to our official census data, the most common surname in India is Devi, with 70.362.196. registered bearers. This table shows the 100 most frequent surnames in the country.
How many different surnames are registered in India?
Our database contains hundreds of surnames with a presence in India. This table shows the 100 most frequent.
How often is this data updated?
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