Misra Surname
Approximately 124,383 people bear this surname
Misra Surname User-submission:
The Misra surname comes from the Hindu word miśra, meaning 'mixture'. Most likely referring to a 'generalist' rather than a 'specialist' (in Vedic or other priestly ritual), or an 'inter-disciplinarian' who is not averse to combining multiple schools of thought or practice.
Read More About This SurnameMisra Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 60,649 | 1:12,648 | 1,033 |
| Nepal | 47,468 | 1:600 | 119 |
| Ethiopia | 5,795 | 1:16,833 | 2,274 |
| United States | 2,402 | 1:150,899 | 15,509 |
| Bangladesh | 1,352 | 1:117,867 | 4,824 |
| Indonesia | 859 | 1:153,957 | 15,070 |
| United Arab Emirates | 766 | 1:11,961 | 1,488 |
| Lebanon | 717 | 1:7,862 | 1,236 |
| South Africa | 621 | 1:87,243 | 10,723 |
| England | 524 | 1:106,332 | 11,110 |
| Saudi Arabia | 437 | 1:70,608 | 10,708 |
| Canada | 364 | 1:101,224 | 10,979 |
| Ghana | 346 | 1:78,094 | 7,799 |
| Australia | 237 | 1:113,906 | 12,650 |
| Kuwait | 193 | 1:19,693 | 2,634 |
| Singapore | 184 | 1:29,933 | 1,124 |
| Bahrain | 176 | 1:7,663 | 1,429 |
| Morocco | 170 | 1:202,801 | 34,956 |
| Oman | 157 | 1:23,490 | 2,053 |
| Hong Kong | 141 | 1:52,025 | 927 |
| Qatar | 119 | 1:19,815 | 2,139 |
| Syria | 93 | 1:207,538 | 4,051 |
| Malaysia | 85 | 1:346,991 | 18,513 |
| Thailand | 78 | 1:905,620 | 141,791 |
| Cameroon | 53 | 1:391,869 | 33,952 |
| New Zealand | 44 | 1:102,916 | 13,667 |
| Germany | 43 | 1:1,872,220 | 105,027 |
| Afghanistan | 32 | 1:1,004,787 | 9,548 |
| Jordan | 29 | 1:304,912 | 11,052 |
| Scotland | 26 | 1:205,916 | 10,908 |
| Sweden | 20 | 1:492,338 | 35,486 |
| Wales | 19 | 1:162,870 | 11,152 |
| Austria | 17 | 1:500,908 | 47,931 |
| Netherlands | 15 | 1:1,125,812 | 68,885 |
| Norway | 12 | 1:428,524 | 37,411 |
| France | 10 | 1:6,642,272 | 293,169 |
| Switzerland | 9 | 1:912,546 | 58,198 |
| Japan | 9 | 1:14,204,921 | 46,388 |
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| Poland | 6 | 1:6,334,792 | 156,558 |
| Northern Ireland | 6 | 1:307,506 | 12,899 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 3 | 1:36,792 | 4,502 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| South Korea | 3 | 1:17,080,085 | 2,793 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Maldives | 2 | 1:202,086 | 4,973 |
| Mauritius | 2 | 1:646,708 | 13,517 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
Misra (27,627) may also be a first name.
Misra Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The Misra surname comes from the Hindu word miśra, meaning 'mixture'. Most likely referring to a 'generalist' rather than a 'specialist' (in Vedic or other priestly ritual), or an 'inter-disciplinarian' who is not averse to combining multiple schools of thought or practice. It could refer to a hybrid (e.g. an offspring of a brahmin father and non-brahmin mother) or a person who is of mixed caste, ethnicity, etc. In contrast to a scion of endogamous clans of brahmins.
- amit_misraThis surname means a person who has learnt the four Vedas (ancient Hindu religious texts) to memory and can recite them at will. This is obviously not true for a current bearer but one of his/her ancestors must have been capable of the feat.
- aniketosMisra Demographics
Average Male Misra Height
172.93 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Misra Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Misra Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Misra (Arabic: مسرّا, Bengali: মিশ্র, Hindi: मिश्रा, Marathi: िरना, Oriya: ମିଶ, Russian: Мисра) occurs in India more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Misra? popularity and diffusion
Misra is the 4,520th most frequently occurring last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 58,590 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 91 percent of Misra are found; 88 percent are found in South Asia and 87 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Misra is also the 29,682nd most common given name worldwide, held by 27,627 people.
It is most frequent in India, where it is held by 60,649 people, or 1 in 12,648. In India it is most common in: Odisha, where 27 percent are found, West Bengal, where 24 percent are found and Bihar, where 13 percent are found. Excluding India it exists in 85 countries. It is also found in Nepal, where 38 percent are found and Ethiopia, where 5 percent are found.
Misra Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is chiefly Shiite (52%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Misra last name are 0.039999999999999% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 53.19% being registered with the party.
The amount Misra earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 25.82% more than the national average, earning 435,452 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 105.59% more than the national average, earning R 488,568 per year; in United States they earn 39.84% more than the national average, earning $60,341 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.86% more than the national average, earning $55,078 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Misra Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Misra in the Bengali language | ||
| মিশ্র | misra | - |
| Misra in the Oriya language | ||
| ମିଶ | misa | 98.17 |
| ମିସ | misa | 0.87 |
| ମିଶା | misa | 0.41 |
| ମୀଶ | misa | 0.11 |
| ମିଶ୍୍ର | misra | 0.04 |
| ମୀରା | mira | 0.02 |
| ମିଶୀ | misi | 0.01 |
| ମିରା | mira | 0.01 |
| Misra in the Hindi language | ||
| मिश्रा | misra | 66.78 |
| मिश्र | misra | 21.25 |
| मिसरा | misara | 7.45 |
| मिस्रा | misra | 2 |
| मिस्र | misra | 0.29 |
| मिश्रा़ | misra | 0.11 |
| म्रिश्र | mrisra | 0.11 |
| मीसरा | misara | 0.11 |
| विश्रा | visra | 0.06 |
| मिसा्र | misara | 0.06 |
| मिर | mira | 0.06 |
| िमश्र | imasra | 0.06 |
| मित्रा | mitra | 0.06 |
| मिसर | misara | 0.06 |
| Misra in the Marathi language | ||
| िरना | irana | 28.57 |
| मीश्रा | misra | 14.29 |
| ीराम | irama | 14.29 |
| ईशान | isana | 14.29 |
| िशव | isava | 14.29 |
| मिसरा | misara | 7.14 |
| िशवा | isava | 7.14 |
| Misra in the Russian language | ||
| Мисра | misra | - |
| Misra in the Arabic language | ||
| مسرّا | msra | - |
| مسَّرا | msara | - |
| مسرا | msra | - |
| مسرى | msry | - |
| ميسرا | mysra | - |
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