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

Premkumar, 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 Premkumar surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Premkumar in America

Premkumar is the 84748th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Premkumar surname appeared 221 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 Premkumar.

The history of the last name Premkumar

The surname PREMKUMAR is of Indian origin, specifically from the Tamil-speaking regions of South India. It is a combination of two words – 'prem' meaning love or affection, and 'kumar' meaning prince or son. The name can be traced back to the early medieval period, around the 8th-10th centuries AD.

PREMKUMAR was initially used as a title or honorific for young princes or nobles in the royal courts of the Chola, Pandya, and Pallava dynasties that ruled over various parts of present-day Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, and Karnataka. Over time, it became a common surname among the Tamil Brahmin community and other upper-caste groups.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name PREMKUMAR can be found in the inscriptions of the Chola king Rajendra Chola I (1012-1044 AD), who is known to have had a courtier or minister bearing this name. Another notable historical figure was Premkumar Acharya, a renowned Sanskrit scholar and poet who lived in the 12th century during the reign of the Hoysala Empire.

In the 16th century, a place called Premkumar-pettai (meaning 'town of Premkumar') existed in the vicinity of the Srirangam temple complex in Trichy, Tamil Nadu. This suggests the presence of a prominent individual or family with the surname PREMKUMAR in that region.

Other notable individuals with the surname PREMKUMAR include:

1. Premkumar Tambyraja (1753-1825), a Tamil scholar and poet from Sri Lanka.
2. Premkumar Sahib (1819-1897), a philanthropist and social reformer from Chennai.
3. Premkumar Kitchlu (1892-1959), an Indian freedom fighter and politician.
4. Premkumar Chatterjee (1923-2007), an eminent Indian statistician and academician.
5. Premkumar Sinha (born 1934), a former Indian diplomat and ambassador.

The name PREMKUMAR continues to be widely used among Tamil Brahmin and other communities in Tamil Nadu, as well as among the Tamil diaspora around the world.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Premkumar

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

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 Premkumar 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 Premkumar was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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