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	''' Kumar''' ({{audio\|Kumar Pronunciation.ogg\|pronunciation}}; [[Sanskrit language\|Sanskrit]]: [[wikt:कुमार\|कुमार]] ''kumārá'') is a [[~~Hindu~~]], ~~[[Buddhist]] title and a~~ [[given name]], [[middle name]], or a [[family name]] found in the [[Indian subcontinent]], mainly in [[India]], [[Bangladesh]], [[Sri Lanka]], [[Nepal]] though not specific to any caste ~~or community~~. It is a generic title which variously means ''son'', ''boy,'' or ''[[chaste]]''. It is the 11th most common family name in the world as of August 2019.<ref name="fb">http://forebears.co.uk/surnames/kumar Kumar Surname at Forebears</ref>		'''Kumar''' ({{audio\|Kumar Pronunciation.ogg\|pronunciation}}; [[Sanskrit language\|Sanskrit]]: [[wikt:कुमार\|कुमार]] ''kumārá'') is a [[title]], [[given name]], [[middle name]], or a [[family name]] found in the [[Indian subcontinent]], mainly in [[India]], [[Bangladesh]], [[Sri Lanka]], and [[Nepal]], though not specific to any religion, ethnicity, or caste. It is a generic title which variously means prince, ''son'', ''boy,'' or ''[[chaste]]''. It is the 11th most common family name in the world as of August 2019.<ref name="fb">http://forebears.co.uk/surnames/kumar Kumar Surname at Forebears</ref>

	==History==		==History==

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''' Kumar''' ({{audio|Kumar Pronunciation.ogg|pronunciation}}; [[Sanskrit language|Sanskrit]]: [[wikt:कुमार|कुमार]] ''kumārá'') is a [[Hindu]], [[Buddhist]] title and a [[given name]], [[middle name]], or a [[family name]] found in the [[Indian subcontinent]], mainly in [[India]], [[Bangladesh]], [[Sri Lanka]], [[Nepal]] though not specific to any caste or community. It is a generic title which variously means ''son'', ''boy,'' or ''[[chaste]]''. It is the 11th most common family name in the world as of August 2019.<ref name="fb">http://forebears.co.uk/surnames/kumar Kumar Surname at Forebears</ref>

==History==
The origin of ''[[kumar]]'' can be traced back to the early development of [[Hinduism]] and its origin in [[ancient India]]. The first usage of ''Kumar'' was for the Four Kumāras, the four sons of [[Brahma]] from the [[Purana|Puran]]ic texts of Hinduism named Sanaka, Sanatana, Sanandana, and Sanat.

In ''Skanda Purana'', the largest ''[[Puranas#Mahapuranas|Mahapurana]]'', a genre of eighteen [[Hindu]] religious texts, the text is devoted mainly to the [[Lila (Hinduism)|leelas]] of [[Kartikeya]], son of [[Shiva]] and [[Parvati]]. "Kumar" is used to refer [[Kartikeya]].

==Geographical distribution==
As of 2014, 97.3% of all known bearers of the surname ''Kumar'' were residents of [[India]]. The frequency of the surname was higher than national average in the following [[States and union territories of India|states and union territories]]:<ref name="kumar2014">[http://forebears.co.uk/surnames/kumar#surnames Kumar Surname Distribution]</ref>
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* 1. [[Himachal Pradesh]] (1: 9)
* 2. [[Chandigarh]] (1: 10)
* 3. [[Delhi]] (1: 11)
* 3. [[Haryana]] (1: 11)
* 4. [[Bihar]] (1: 15)
* 5. [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]] (1: 16)
* 5. [[Uttar Pradesh]] (1: 16)
* 6. [[Uttarakhand]] (1: 28)
* 7. [[Rajasthan]] (1: 30)
* 8. [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] (1: 39)
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==Notable people==

===First name===
*[[Kumar Basnet]], (born 1943) Nepalese folk singer
*[[Kumar Kashyap Mahasthavir]], Nepalese Buddhist monk
* [[Kumar Gaurav]], Indian film actor
* [[Kumar Pradhan]], Nepalese scholar
* [[Kumar Rocker]], American baseball pitcher
* [[Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji]], cricketer who played for England
* [[Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji]], AKA K. S. Ranjitsinhji, Indian prince, maharaja and Test cricketer
* [[Kumar Sangakkara]], Sri Lankan cricketer and a former captain of the Sri Lanka national cricket team
*[[Kumar Sanu]], Indian playback singer
* [[Kumar Vishwas]], Hindi-language performance poet
* [[Kumar Dharmasena]], Sri Lankan cricketer and International cricket umpire
* [[Kumar Mangalam Birla]], Indian industrialist

===Middle name===
* [[Kishore Kumar|Abhas Kumar Ganguly]], birth name of Kishore Kumar
* [[Ajith Kumar Siriwardena]], Sri Lankan Briton professor of hepato-pancreatico-biliary surgery
* [[Amal Kumar Raychaudhuri]], a leading physicist
* [[Amrit Kumar Bohara]], Nepalese politician
* [[Anil Kumar Jha]], (born 1969) Nepalese politician
* [[Anjani Kumar Sharma]], Nepalese surgeon
* [[Arjun Kumar Basnet]], (born 1975) Nepalese marathon runner
* [[Arun Shridhar Vaidya|General Arunkumar Vaidya]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/LAND-FORCES/Personnel/Chiefs/150-AS-Vaidya.html |title=Land Forces Site - General Arunkumar Sridhar Vaidya |publisher=Bharat Rakshak |access-date=2014-01-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110175835/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/LAND-FORCES/Personnel/Chiefs/150-AS-Vaidya.html |archive-date=2014-01-10 }}</ref> the former [[Chief of the Army Staff (India)|Chief of Indian Army]]
* [[Bijay Kumar Gachchhadar]], Nepalese politician
* [[Devendra Kumar Joshi]], the Indian Chief of Naval Staff
* [[Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay]], a Bengali singer, composer and producer
* [[Inder Kumar Gujral]], an Indian politician who served as the 12th Prime Minister of India
* [[Keshav Kumar Budhathoki]], Nepali politician
* [[Madhav Kumar Nepal]], Former [[Prime Minister of Nepal]]
* [[Pawan Kumar Chamling]], an Sikkimese politician who served as the 5th Chief Minister of Sikkim
* Pradip Kumar Rai known as [[Byakul Maila]], Nepalese poet
* [[Prafulla Kumar Mahanta]], Indian politician who was the leader of the [[Assam Movement]], a former [[Chief Minister of Assam]].
* [[Prem Kumar Dhumal]], chief minister of Indian state
*[[Raj Kumar Saini|Raj kumar Saini]], Indian politician
*[[Rajkummar Rao|Raj Kumar Rao]], Indian actor
*[[Raj Kumar Kapoor]], Indian actor, director
* [[Roop Kumar Rathod]], an Indian playback singer and music director
*[[Satinder Kumar Saini]], vice chief of the Indian army
* [[Selvar Kumar Silvaras]] (c. 1971–1998), Singaporean convicted murderer
* [[Shailendra Kumar Upadhyaya]], Nepalese diplomat
* [[Shiv Kumar Batalvi]], a Punjabi language poet
* [[Sunil Kumar Yadav]], Nepalese politician
* [[Suniti Kumar Chatterji]], an Indian linguist, educationist and litterateur
* [[Tej Kumar Shrestha]], Nepalese zoologist
* [[Vijay Kumar Malhotra]], Indian politician
* [[Vijay Kumar Pandey]], Nepalese journalist
* [[Vijay Kumar Singh]], Indian politician and a retired four star general in the Indian Army
* [[Vinod Kumar Shukla]], modern Hindi writer
* [[Yogesh Kumar Joshi]], 17th and the current Commander, XIV Corps of the Indian Army
* [[Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal]], the 36th [[Chief Justice of India]]

===Last name===
* [[Aanchal Kumar]], Indian model and actress
* [[Ajith Kumar]], an Indian film actor who works mainly in Tamil cinema
* [[Akhil Kumar]], an Indian boxer who has won several international and national boxing awards
* [[Akshay Kumar]], stage name of Indian-Canadian film actor, producer and martial artist, Rajiv Bhatia
* [[Amit Kumar (singer)|Amit Kumar]], Indian film playback singer, actor, and director
* [[Amitava Kumar]], Indian writer, journalist, professor
* [[Anand Kumar]], Indian mathematician
* [[Anil Kumar]], Indian businessman, consultant
* [[Ashok Kumar]], AKA Dadamoni in Bengali, Indian film actor
* [[Arun Kumar (Uttar Pradesh politician)|Arun Kumar]], Indian politician
* [[Bhuvneshwar Kumar]], Indian pace bowler
* [[Bandi Sanjay Kumar]], Indian politician
* [[Chetan Kumar]], Indian actor
* [[Darshan Kumar]], Indian actor
* [[Dev Kumar]], Indian actor
* [[Dilip Kumar]], Indian film actor known as the 'Tragedy King' and a former Member of Parliament
* [[Divya Khosla Kumar]], Indian film actress, producer and director
* [[E. Santhosh Kumar]], Indian writer
* [[Girish Kumar]], Indian film actor
* [[G. V. Prakash Kumar]], Indian film score and soundtrack composer and singer
* [[Gulshan Kumar]], T-Series music label owner
* [[:hi:गुरू_रुद्र_कुमार|Guru Rudra Kumar]]
* [[Hiten Kumar]], Gujrati film actor
* [[Inder Kumar]], Indian actor
* [[Indra Kumar]], an Indian film director and producer
* [[Jeeva Kumar]], Indian kabbadi player
* [[Jitender Kumar (flyweight boxer)]], an Indian flyweight boxer
* [[Kanhaiya Kumar]], Indian politician
* [[Kishore Kumar]], Indian film playback singer, actor, lyricist, composer, producer, director, screenwriter and scriptwriter
* [[Manoj Kumar (boxer)]], Indian boxer who won a gold medal in the light welterweight division at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
* [[Manoj Kumar]], an award-winning Indian actor and director in the Bollywood
* [[María Teresa Kumar]], a political organizer and [[voting rights]] activist for Latinos in the United States
* [[Meira Kumar]], an Indian politician and a five time Member of Parliament
* [[Mukesh Kumar (cricketer)|Mukesh Kumar]], Indian cricketer
* [[Navin Kumar]]
* [[Nirmalya Kumar]], professor and businessman
* [[Nish Kumar]], British comedian
* [[Nitish Kumar]], Indian politician
* [[Oil Kumar]], aa Indian ganglord and organized crime boss
* [[Pawan Kumar (disambiguation)|Pawan Kumar]], several people, including:
** [[Pawan Kumar (director)]], Indian film director, actor, producer, and screenwriter
** [[Pawan Kumar (wrestler)]], Indian wrestler
* [[Pradeep Kumar]], Indian actor in Hindi, Bengali and English-language films
* [[Praveen Kumar]], Indian medium-pace swing bowler
* [[Raaj Kumar]], Indian film actor
* [[Ravi Kumar (footballer)|Ravi Kumar (Indian footballer)]]
* [[Ravish Kumar]], Indian Journalist at NDTV India
* [[Ritu Kumar]], Indian fashion designer
* [[Sanjay Kumar (business executive)|Sanjay Kumar]], former CEO of [[Computer Associates]]
* [[Sanjeev Kumar]], Indian film actor
* [[Shashi Kumar]], or Shashikumar, Indian actor and politician
* [[Sushil Kumar (disambiguation)|Sushil Kumar]], several people, including:
** [[Sushil Kumar (wrestler)]], Indian World Champion wrestler
* [[Tulsi Kumar]], an Indian playback singer for Bollywood films
* [[Uttam Kumar]], Indian (Bengali) cinema actor and contemporary of Dilip Kumar
* [[Uttar Kumar]], famous actor in north India
* [[Venkatesh Kumar]], Hindustani vocalist.
* [[Vikram Kumar]], director
* [[Vijay Kumar (sport shooter)]], Indian champion shooter, Olympic 2012 silver medalist
* [[U. Vimal Kumar|Vimal Kumar]], Indian badminton player
* [[Vinay Kumar]], Indian [[cricket]] player
* [[Vinay Kumar (pathologist)]], the Alice Hogge & Arthur Baer Professor of Pathology at the University of Chicago
* [[Vinoth Kumar]], Indian [[association football|football]] player

==See also==
* [[Kumar (surname)]]
* [[Kumarbi]]
* [[Keyumars]]
* [[Yuvraj]]
* [[Arunkumar]]

==Notes==
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[[Category:Indian surnames]]
[[Category:Surnames]]
[[Category:Gujarati-language surnames]]

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