Prabhakar

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi प्रभाकर (prabhākar), itself from Sanskrit प्रभाकर (prabhākara, “the light-maker, sun”).

Proper noun

Prabhakar (plural Prabhakars)

1. A surname from Hindi.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Prabhakar is the 31001^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 749 individuals. Prabhakar is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (91.86%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Prabhakar”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.