Kashyap

English

Etymology

Transliteration of Hindi कश्यप (kaśyap).

Proper noun

Kashyap (plural Kashyaps)

1. A surname from Hindi.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Kashyap is the 26853^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 905 individuals. Kashyap is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (92.82%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kashyap”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 280.