How Many People Are Named Gurinder Chadha?

There are approximately 1 people named Gurinder Chadha living in the United States today. That makes this name combination very rare, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 342,754,338 Americans.

This estimate combines SSA birth records for the first name Gurinder with Census Bureau frequency data for the surname Chadha. Below you will find a breakdown of both names, including popularity trends, gender data, and Census background data where it is available.

Estimated People with This Name

1 in 342,754,338 Americans

Combination Rarity

Very Rare

Very Rare Very Common

First Name

Gurinder

Last Name

Chadha

Gurinder: Popularity Over Time

Year-by-year SSA birth registrations for the first name Gurinder. The peak year was 1999 with 6 births. The average person named Gurinder today is 33 years old.

Ancestry of the First Name Gurinder

These percentages describe the people who had the first name Gurinder in the 2020 Census. They do not tell you the deeper origin or meaning of the name itself.

Read this as a snapshot of who already had the name in 2020, not as a trend line. The SSA chart above is still the better way to see how Gurinder rose or fell over time.

White

1.77%

Black

0.22%

Hispanic

0.33%

Asian/Pacific Islander

96.34%

American Indian/Alaska Native

0.67%

Two or More Races

0.67%

Ancestry of the Chadha Surname

The surname Chadha was most commonly recorded among people who identified as Asian and Pacific Islander in the 2020 Census.

This is a self-reported race and ethnicity breakdown for people who had the surname Chadha in the published Census surname tables. It gives useful context around who was recorded with the name, but it does not tell the full family history of every Boone line.

White

4.69%

Black

0.55%

Hispanic

1.15%

Asian/Pacific Islander

88.21%

American Indian/Alaska Native

0.16%

Two or More Races

5.24%

How we calculated this

The first name "Gurinder" has an estimated frequency of < 0.0001% among living Americans, based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024 adjusted for mortality using CDC 2023 life tables.

The surname "Chadha" appears at a rate of 0.61 per 100,000 people in the 2020 U.S. Census.

We do not use the Census first-name snapshot for the main estimate because it is only published once every 10 years. The latest public first-name Census file is from 2020, which is already 6 years old. SSA birth records plus CDC survival data give a better current estimate of how many people with the first name Gurinder are likely to be alive now.

Multiplying these frequencies against the U.S. population of ~343 million gives 1 estimated people. This assumes first names and last names are statistically independent. Full methodology.

Other people named Gurinder

Gurinder Jones Gurinder Smith Gurinder Brown Gurinder Garcia Gurinder Williams Gurinder Johnson Gurinder Singh

Other people with the surname Chadha

Michael Chadha James Chadha John Chadha Robert Chadha David Chadha William Chadha

Gurinder Chadha: Questions and Answers

How many people are named Gurinder Chadha?

We estimate approximately 1 people named Gurinder Chadha are alive in the United States today. The first name Gurinder is shared by 25 Americans, and the surname Chadha is shared by 2,101.

How rare is the name Gurinder Chadha?

This name combination is classified as Very Rare, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 342,754,338 Americans. The first name Gurinder is very rare and the surname Chadha is rare.

Is Gurinder a male or female name?

Gurinder is predominantly male, with 100.0% of bearers being male and 0.0% female. It peaked in popularity in 1999 and the average bearer today is 33 years old.

What does the Census say about the first name Gurinder?

In the 2020 Census, the first name Gurinder was most commonly recorded among people who identified as Asian and Pacific Islander (96.34%). The next largest recorded groups were White (1.77%) and American Indian and Alaska Native (0.67%). These percentages describe the people who had the name in the 2020 Census, not the deeper origin of the name itself.

Where does this data come from?

First name data comes from the Social Security Administration (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables. When available, first-name Census background data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau first-name tables. Surname data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau. Full methodology.

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