Find out how popular the last name Chandrasekharan is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Chandrasekharan.

Chandrasekharan, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Chandrasekharan surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Chandrasekharan in America

Chandrasekharan is the 126765th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Chandrasekharan surname appeared 135 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Chandrasekharan.

The history of the last name Chandrasekharan

The surname Chandrasekharan has its origins in the Indian subcontinent, specifically from the regions of Tamil Nadu and Kerala. It is a combination of two Sanskrit words, "Chandra" meaning moon, and "Sekhara" meaning crest or crown. The name Chandrasekharan can be traced back to the 6th century CE, when it was first recorded in ancient Tamil and Sanskrit texts.

One of the earliest references to the name Chandrasekharan can be found in the Tamil epic Silappadikaram, written by the poet Ilango Adigal around the 5th or 6th century CE. The epic mentions a character named Chandrasekharan, who was a prominent scholar and astrologer during that time.

Another notable mention of the name Chandrasekharan is in the Brihat Samhita, an encyclopedic work on astronomy, astrology, and natural sciences, written by the Indian mathematician and astronomer Varahamihira in the 6th century CE.

During the medieval period, the name Chandrasekharan was prevalent among the Brahmins and other upper castes in South India. Several prominent scholars and philosophers with this surname made significant contributions to the fields of literature, astronomy, and mathematics.

One of the most famous individuals with the surname Chandrasekharan was Subrahmanyan Chandrasekharan, an Indian-American astrophysicist (1910-1995) who made groundbreaking contributions to the theory of black holes and the study of stellar evolution. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1983 for his work on the structure and evolution of stars.

Another notable figure was Venkatrama Chandrasekharan (1873-1956), an Indian mathematician and philosopher who made significant contributions to the field of logic and the foundations of mathematics.

In the 20th century, Chandrasekharan Kaviraj (1908-1986) was a renowned historian and scholar of Indian philosophy, who authored several books on Advaita Vedanta and the Upanishads.

The name Chandrasekharan has also been associated with various places in South India, such as Chandrasekharan Nagar, a town in Tamil Nadu, and Chandrasekharan Hill, a prominent hill in Kerala.

While the name Chandrasekharan has its roots in the ancient Tamil and Sanskrit languages, it has been adapted and adopted by various communities across India, particularly in the southern states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Karnataka.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Chandrasekharan

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Chandrasekharan.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Chandrasekharan was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Chandrasekharan was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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