Kakkar
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Kakkar is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in India than in any other country.
- INIndia1 in 418K(measured from records)
- AEUnited Arab Emirates≈1 in 73K
- AOAngola≈1 in 120K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- India (measured from records)
- Sources
- 200 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 73K (inferred from the name graph)
3,169 people
Highest-authority source
United Arab Emirates, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Kakkar counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN India | 3,169 | 1 in 418K | 3.2K | Kakkar | 166 |
| CN China | ≈2,400 est. | ≈1 in 581K | — | Kakkar | 2 |
| BD Bangladesh | ≈650 est. | ≈1 in 249K | — | Kakkar | 2 |
| PK Pakistan | ≈560 est. | ≈1 in 419K | — | Kakkar | 7 |
| AF Afghanistan | ≈290 est. | ≈1 in 129K | — | Kakkar | 7 |
| AO Angola | ≈270 est. | ≈1 in 120K | — | Kakkar | 1 |
| AU Australia | ≈150 est. | ≈1 in 166K | — | Kakkar | 65 |
| AE United Arab Emirates | ≈140 est. | ≈1 in 73K | — | Kakkar | 34 |
| OM Oman | ≈32 est. | ≈1 in 144K | — | Kakkar | 6 |
3,169 people counted by Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Rita Kakkarb. 1956INscientist
- Ajay Kakkar, Baron Kakkarb. 1964GBBritish surgeon (born 1964)
- Sonu Kakkarb. 1979INIndian playback singer and songwriter
- Rita KakkarINresearcher ORCID ID = 0000-0002-8666-2288
- Ranjana KakkarINIndian politician
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 19 sources across 11 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN India | Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls | — | 3.2K | #2,185 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 2.6K | #353 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 25 | #3,042 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 12 | #8,110 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 6 | #29,785 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 3 | #23,065 |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- In which country does Kakkar have the most bearers?
- In India, the national register counted about 3.2 thousand people named Kakkar, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled kakkar.
- How common is the name Kakkar?
- In India, the national register counted 3,169 people named Kakkar, about 1 in 418 thousand residents.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Kakkar”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.