Kumari
surname · Latin script
Meaning: weibl. Vom. indischer Herkunft (»Mädchen; Tochter«), Beiname von Durga,
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/kumɑɹi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Kumari is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in India than in any other country, where it is the most common surname.
- AEUnited Arab Emirates≈1 in 88as Kumar(inferred from the name graph)
- NPNepal≈1 in 108as Kumar
- KWKuwait≈1 in 122as Kumar
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Kumari itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- India (measured from records)
- #4 (measured from records)
- 14 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 498 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 88 (inferred from the name graph)
1,661,649 named Kumar
of 19M surnames
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
United Arab Emirates, est., as Kumar
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Kumar in IN India, PK Pakistan, BD Bangladesh and 2 more and Kumara in LK Sri Lanka.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
weibl. Vom. indischer Herkunft (»Mädchen; Tochter«), Beiname von Durga,
Sources 1
- DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Kumari 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 | #1 | 1,661,649as Kumar | 1 in 798 | 1.7M | Kumar | 421 |
| ID Indonesia | #428 | ≈320,000 est. | ≈1 in 825 | listed | Kumar | 134 |
| BD Bangladesh | #18 | ≈300,000 est. | ≈1 in 545 | listed | Kumar | 127 |
| NP Nepal | #777 | ≈280,000 est. | ≈1 in 108 | 2 | Kumar | 107 |
| PK Pakistan | #84 | ≈200,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.2K | — | Kumar | 119 |
| LK Sri Lanka | #9 | ≈180,000 est. | ≈1 in 124 | — | Kumara | 97 |
| AE United Arab Emirates | #159 | ≈110,000 est. | ≈1 in 88 | — | Kumari | 53 |
| QA Qatar | #153 | ≈25,000 est. | ≈1 in 99 | — | Kumari | 26 |
| KW Kuwait | #46 | ≈25,000 est. | ≈1 in 122 | — | Kumari | 13 |
1,661,649 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; Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names. 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).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Kumari is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
Chica, hija
as a name25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado
In English, A living goddess; a prepubescent girl worshipped as a manifestation of divine female energy.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Eerik Kumarib. 1912EEEstonian ornithologist (1912-1984)
- Meena Kumarib. 1933INIndian actress and poet (1933-1972)
- Krishna Kumarib. 1933INIndian actress
- Diya Kumarib. 1971INIndian politician
- Krishna Kumari Kolhib. 1979PKPakistani politician
- Raja Kumarib. 1986USIndian-American rapper
- Babita Kumarib. 1989INIndian wrestler
- Deepika Kumarib. 1994INIndian archer
- Sangita Kumarib. 2001INIndian field hockey player
- Vee Kumariactress
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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 45 sources across 24 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 46K | #14 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls | — | 14K | #774 |
| NP Nepal | Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names | — | 2 | #57 |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name 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
- How do you pronounce Kumari?
- A machine transcription gives /kumɑɹi/ (IPA) for Hindi.
- What does the name Kumari mean?
- Recorded meaning: weibl. Vom. indischer Herkunft (»Mädchen; Tochter«), Beiname von Durga,
- In which country does Kumari have the most bearers?
- In India, the national register counted about 1.7 million people named Kumar, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Kumari?
- In India, the national register counted 1,661,649 people named Kumar, about 1 in 798 residents.
- How common is Kumari compared with other names?
- In India, Kumari is the most common surname of 1,492,515 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Kumari?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/kumariThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Kumari” — the most common surname in India. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.