Maheshwari Surname

12,063^rd

Most Common

surname in the World

Approximately 46,563 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:

India

Highest density in:

United Arab Emirates

Maheshwari Surname User-submission:

The Maheshwari surname means 'the devotees of God Shiva', who is also known as Mahesh. They are a tightly knit community who seem to have originated after giving up traditional roles of ruling castes of Kshatriya and picking up the roles of traders caste called Vaishyas sometime around 8th century.

Maheshwari Surname Distribution Map

Place	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
India	40,294	1:19,037	1,484
Pakistan	1,262	1:141,556	3,946
United States	1,145	1:316,558	28,922
United Arab Emirates	705	1:12,996	1,606
Thailand	492	1:143,574	22,484
Bangladesh	451	1:353,341	9,758
Saudi Arabia	398	1:77,527	10,981
Singapore	240	1:22,949	903
Hong Kong	225	1:32,602	571
England	200	1:278,590	21,737
Canada	196	1:187,988	18,553
Oman	193	1:19,109	1,848
Kuwait	174	1:21,843	2,878
Australia	153	1:176,442	17,942
Bahrain	59	1:22,858	4,582
Malaysia	50	1:589,884	28,692
Qatar	41	1:57,512	5,907
New Zealand	27	1:167,716	18,432
Netherlands	26	1:649,507	53,972
DR Congo	21	1:3,518,075	145,665
Germany	19	1:4,237,129	172,669
Indonesia	15	1:8,816,613	340,855
Nepal	14	1:2,034,354	8,267
Switzerland	12	1:684,410	46,196
China	11	1:124,301,961	6,553
Scotland	11	1:486,711	19,179
Myanmar	9	1:5,770,887	975
France	9	1:7,380,302	306,885
Estonia	8	1:165,226	26,217
Finland	8	1:687,088	36,047
Tanzania	8	1:6,617,702	68,742
Nigeria	7	1:25,306,108	327,793
Sweden	5	1:1,969,351	134,077
Vietnam	5	1:18,529,211	3,282
Seychelles	4	1:23,098	1,012
Japan	4	1:31,961,073	53,820
Poland	4	1:9,502,187	181,606
Dominican Republic	4	1:2,608,233	20,941
Libya	4	1:1,560,994	3,087
Uzbekistan	4	1:7,732,286	43,643
Mali	4	1:4,242,259	2,433
Wales	3	1:1,031,511	34,732
Philippines	3	1:33,746,074	302,898
Spain	3	1:15,584,012	120,866
Kenya	3	1:15,393,300	77,493
Belgium	2	1:5,748,322	130,559
Denmark	2	1:2,822,358	76,882
Ecuador	2	1:7,952,923	34,269
South Africa	1	1:54,177,704	343,732
Ireland	1	1:4,708,939	29,543
Northern Ireland	1	1:1,845,036	20,648
Austria	1	1:8,515,435	118,036
Brazil	1	1:214,074,332	1,693,628
Ukraine	1	1:45,522,696	503,646
Uganda	1	1:39,039,279	258,887
Czechia	1	1:10,633,469	206,023
Egypt	1	1:91,935,754	132,737
Georgia	1	1:3,745,545	47,852
South Korea	1	1:51,240,256	8,015
Monaco	1	1:37,066	4,748
Ghana	1	1:27,020,692	23,742
Iceland	1	1:380,090	11,096
Iraq	1	1:35,021,654	31,813
Italy	1	1:61,156,688	199,583
Russia	1	1:144,123,056	881,408
Jordan	1	1:8,842,437	26,010
Latvia	1	1:2,050,046	60,295
Papua New Guinea	1	1:8,153,717	181,784
Luxembourg	1	1:580,542	15,155
Maldives	1	1:404,172	7,269
Norway	1	1:5,142,286	129,201
Mexico	1	1:124,126,205	103,776

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Maheshwari (51,382) may also be a first name.

Maheshwari Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

- ayushm

DNA test information

Maheshwari Demographics

Average Male Maheshwari Height

171.88^cm

Average male height (US):

175.3 cm

Sample size: 95 (2014)

Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries

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Maheshwari Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Maheshwari Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Maheshwari (Bengali: মহেশ্বরী, Hindi: माहेश्वरी, Marathi: महेश, Oriya: ମାେହ, Tibetan: མ་ཧེཤ་ཝ་རི་) occurs more in India more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Maheshwari? ^{popularity and diffusion}

It is the 12,063^rd most frequently occurring last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 156,509 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 96 percent of Maheshwari reside; 90 percent reside in South Asia and 86 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Maheshwari is also the 18,073^rd most frequent forename on earth It is held by 51,382 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in India, where it is carried by 40,294 people, or 1 in 19,037. In India Maheshwari is most common in: Maharashtra, where 19 percent live, Delhi, where 17 percent live and Uttar Pradesh, where 15 percent live. Aside from India this surname exists in 71 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 3 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.

Maheshwari Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those holding the Maheshwari last name are 10.93% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 64.16% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Maheshwari earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 34.21% more than the national average, earning $57,912 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.51% less than the national average, earning $47,441 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Surname	Similarity	Worldwide Incidence	Prevalency
Maheswari	95	9,707	/
Maeshwari	95	13	/
Maheshwhari	95	3	/
Maaheshwari	95	3	/
Maheshwarai	95	3	/
Maheshwarii	95	3	/
Maheshwarri	95	3	/
Maheshwaeri	95	2	/
Maheshwaari	95	2	/
Maheshwwari	95	1	/
Mahesshwari	95	1	/
Maheshwarih	95	1	/
Maheshwarui	95	1	/
Maheshwvari	95	1	/
Mmaheshwari	95	1	/
Maheshhwari	95	1	/
Maheshwarie	95	1	/
Maheshvari	90	16,371	/
Maheshwary	90	2,112	/
Meheshwari	90	42	/
Maheshweri	90	38	/
Mahehswari	90	27	/
Mahishwari	90	17	/
Maheshwori	90	16	/
Moheshwari	90	11	/
Maheswhari	90	7	/
Maheshware	90	6	/
Maheswarai	90	3	/
Maheswarie	90	3	/
Maehshwari	90	2	/
Mahesswari	90	2	/
Maheswarri	90	1	/
Maheswwari	90	1	/
Mmaheswari	90	1	/
Maeswari	89	3	/
Maheshvariy	86	9	/
Maheshvarai	86	5	/
Mmaheshvari	86	2	/
Maheshvariï	86	1	/
Maaheshwary	86	1	/
Mahesvari	84	567	/
Maheswary	84	234	/
Meheswari	84	19	/
Moheswari	84	14	/
Mahesweri	84	11	/
Mahiswari	84	3	/
Maeshvari	84	2	/
Maheswarj	84	1	/
Mahesware	84	1	/
Maheshwaraya	82	1	/
Maheshveri	80	36	/
Moheshvari	80	30	/
Maheshvary	80	13	/
Mahishvari	80	10	/
Meheshvari	80	5	/
Maheshvare	80	5	/
Maheshwery	80	4	/
Mahishware	80	4	/
Mahishwary	80	2	/
Mehishwari	80	2	/
Mahesvarai	80	1	/
Maheshvori	80	1	/
Maheswaraa	80	1	/
Mahesvare	74	2	/
Meheswary	74	1	/
Maeshveri	74	1	/
Mahesvary	74	1	/

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Maheshwari Name Transliterations

Transliteration	ICU Latin	Percentage of Incidence
Maheshwari in the Bengali language
মহেশ্বরী	mahesbari	-
Maheshwari in the Hindi language
माहेश्वरी	mahesvari	60.8
महेश्वरी	mahesvari	37.16
महेशवरी	mahesavari	1
माहेशवरी	mahesavari	0.23
महॆश्वारी	mahesvari	0.07
महेश्वरीदेवी	mahesvaridevi	0.07
माहेश्वारी	mahesvari	0.07
महेशवारी	mahesavari	0.03
महेश्वरीदयाल	mahesvaridayala	0.03
मोहश्वरी	mohasvari	0.03
माहेश्बरी	mahesbari	0.02
मााहेश्वरी	maahesvari	0.02
महिश्वरी	mahisvari	0.02
माहेंश्वरी	mahensvari	0.02
महेश्वरीदीन	mahesvaridina	0.02
माहेश्वरी़	mahesvari	0.02
मोहेश्वरी	mohesvari	0.02
माहेशव्री	mahesavri	0.02
महेश्वारी	mahesvari	0.02
माहेेश्वरी	maheesvari	0.02
महशवरी	mahasavari	0.02
माहुश्वरी	mahusvari	0.02
महेश्ववरी	mahesvavari	0.02
माहेश्ाव	mahesava	0.02
जीयूमहेश्वर	jiyumahesvara	0.02
माहश्ेवरी	mahasevari	0.02
माहेश्वंरी	mahesvanri	0.02
मेहश्वरी	mehasvari	0.02
महेशरी	mahesari	0.02
माहेशर्वी	mahesarvi	0.02
महेश्वरी़	mahesvari	0.02
माहेश्वी	mahesvi	0.02
एस	esa	0.02
महोश्वरी	mahosvari	0.02
महेश्वर	mahesvara	0.02
माहेश्री	mahesri	0.02
मेहशवरी	mehasavari	0.02
माहेवरी	mahevari	0.02
हेश्वरी	hesvari	0.02
महेष्वरी	mahesvari	0.02
महेश्वती	mahesvati	0.02
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Maheshwari in the Tibetan language
མ་ཧེཤ་ཝ་རི་	maheshawari	50
མ་ཡེསེ་སོ་རི་	mayesésori	50
Maheshwari in the Marathi language
महेश	mahesa	45.98
महेशवरी	mahesavari	18.39
महेश्	mahes	5.75
महेधरी	mahedhari	5.75
महेशकुमार	mahesakumara	4.6
माहेश्	mahes	4.6
महेशबिर	mahesabira	4.6
महेवरी	mahevari	2.3
माहेयवरी	maheyavari	2.3
महारा	mahara	1.15
माहेश्वरी	mahesvari	1.15
महेशवारी	mahesavari	1.15
माहेशवरी	mahesavari	1.15
महेशराव	mahesarava	1.15
Maheshwari in the Oriya language
ମାେହ	maeha	44.44
ମେହଶ୍ୱରୀ	mehaswari	33.33
ମେହଶ୍ୱରି	mehaswari	11.11
ଅେଶାକ	aesaka	11.11

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