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CENSUS: The top South Asian surnames in America (Patel et al)

According to a new Census study, based on returns from the year 2000 (Excel spreadsheet via the NY Times) the most common surname in America is... Smith.
No surprise there. So, what's the most common desi surname?

That would be... Patel. It's the 172nd most common surname in America (way up from its standing in 1990, when it was a mere #591). By these Census figures, there were 145,066 Patels in the country,

resulting in 54 occurrences per 100,000 people.

Just over 91% of all Patels are classified as Asians.

Between scrolling down the Excel spreadsheet and randomly plugging in other names into the Times page, here are a few other desi names I found in the Top 5000.

Singh - #396 (#1306 in 1990) - there were 72,642 Singhs in all
Khan - #665 (#1728)
Shah - #831 (#2194)
Kumar - #2293 (#5154)
Desai - #2540 (#5068)
Gupta - #3173 (#6863)
Reddy - #3313 (#3776)
Mehta - #3377 (#7589)
Rao - #3872 (#7375)

How's that for nominal (get it?) progress? I realize a couple of these names, like Khan or Rao, may also be found outside of South Asia but thought it better to err on the side of inclusion (although, controversially, I didn't accept Gay, #974, as a cognate of Ghai).
I also figure some names, like Chowdhury/Choudhry and other variations, might've been serious contenders if not for all the different spellings. Sorry, Bangla-philes. Sadly,
Venugopal didn't even receive an honorable mention;
nor did Screwvalla or Palaniappan.
Update: Thanks to Mitra Kalita for pointing out a name I'd missed -
Sharma - #2247
Any other suggestions? Plug in any other South Asian names here - if they make the Top 5,000 let us know below.