Mistry Surname
Approximately 125,481 people bear this surname
Mistry Surname Definition:
“Workman” or “Mason” in Hindustani. Derived originally from Portuguese Mestre (Gujerati).
Read More About This SurnameMistry Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 73,004 | 1:10,507 | 874 |
| England | 21,677 | 1:2,570 | 331 |
| Bangladesh | 13,698 | 1:11,634 | 945 |
| United States | 4,791 | 1:75,654 | 8,663 |
| Canada | 3,232 | 1:11,400 | 1,704 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2,004 | 1:4,572 | 579 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1,232 | 1:25,045 | 3,507 |
| South Africa | 1,075 | 1:50,398 | 6,393 |
| Australia | 659 | 1:40,965 | 5,267 |
| Oman | 646 | 1:5,709 | 818 |
| New Zealand | 560 | 1:8,086 | 1,377 |
| Kuwait | 444 | 1:8,560 | 1,174 |
| Thailand | 376 | 1:187,868 | 30,871 |
| Qatar | 315 | 1:7,486 | 808 |
| Bahrain | 309 | 1:4,364 | 792 |
| Tanzania | 259 | 1:204,408 | 17,375 |
| Fiji | 251 | 1:3,563 | 644 |
| Hong Kong | 169 | 1:43,405 | 774 |
| Singapore | 90 | 1:61,197 | 2,397 |
| Scotland | 70 | 1:76,483 | 5,732 |
| Pakistan | 68 | 1:2,627,116 | 22,516 |
| Israel | 62 | 1:138,026 | 14,788 |
| Malaysia | 54 | 1:546,189 | 26,882 |
| Wales | 44 | 1:70,330 | 6,116 |
| Sweden | 36 | 1:273,521 | 18,976 |
| Netherlands | 35 | 1:482,491 | 46,668 |
| Germany | 35 | 1:2,300,156 | 119,987 |
| Norway | 29 | 1:177,320 | 21,035 |
| Switzerland | 26 | 1:315,881 | 24,844 |
| Ireland | 21 | 1:224,235 | 8,707 |
| Zimbabwe | 17 | 1:908,132 | 59,260 |
| Denmark | 17 | 1:332,042 | 23,714 |
| Zambia | 12 | 1:1,320,827 | 31,121 |
| Poland | 12 | 1:3,167,396 | 120,990 |
| China | 11 | 1:124,301,961 | 6,553 |
| Angola | 9 | 1:2,998,802 | 4,903 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 8 | 1:170,497 | 8,814 |
| Spain | 8 | 1:5,844,004 | 86,878 |
| France | 8 | 1:8,302,840 | 321,660 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Italy | 6 | 1:10,192,781 | 121,657 |
| Northern Ireland | 5 | 1:369,007 | 15,220 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Mauritius | 4 | 1:323,354 | 10,053 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Georgia | 3 | 1:1,248,515 | 28,066 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Azerbaijan | 2 | 1:4,824,561 | 42,415 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Marshall Islands | 1 | 1:51,821 | 2,326 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
Mistry (577) may also be a first name.
Mistry Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
“Workman” or “Mason” in Hindustani. Derived originally from Portuguese Mestre (Gujerati).
User-submitted Reference
This last name was originally given to a family of carpenters. If you are a Mistry, an ancestor was most likely a carpenter. This is in Gugrati and Hindi.
- tiyadevinamistryMistry Demographics
Average Male Mistry Height
171.33 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Mistry Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mistry Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mistry (Arabic: مستري, Hindi: मिस्त्री, Marathi: मािरया, Oriya: ମି) has its highest incidence in India. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Mistry click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mistry? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mistry is the 4,478th most frequent last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 58,077 people. The last name Mistry is predominantly found in Asia, where 74 percent of Mistry are found; 69 percent are found in South Asia and 58 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 348,718th most numerous first name world-wide. It is borne by 577 people.
The surname Mistry is most numerous in India, where it is carried by 73,004 people, or 1 in 10,507. In India Mistry is most frequent in: West Bengal, where 62 percent are found, Maharashtra, where 15 percent are found and Gujarat, where 9 percent are found. Excluding India this last name is found in 87 countries. It is also found in England, where 17 percent are found and Bangladesh, where 11 percent are found.
Mistry Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Mistry are 5.48% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 58.71% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Mistry earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 93.05% more than the national average, earning 668,097 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 49.3% more than the national average, earning R 354,792 per year; in United States they earn 27.1% more than the national average, earning $54,844 USD per year and in Canada they earn 32.55% more than the national average, earning $65,856 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mistry Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mistry in the Oriya language | ||
| ମି | mi | 85.78 |
| ମିୀ | mii | 8.62 |
| ମିି | mii | 5.17 |
| ଜିେତର | jietara | 0.43 |
| Mistry in the Hindi language | ||
| मिस्त्री | mistri | 83.33 |
| मिस् | mis | 16.67 |
| Mistry in the Marathi language | ||
| मािरया | mairaya | 66.67 |
| मिस् | mis | 33.33 |
| Mistry in the Arabic language | ||
| مستري | mstry | - |
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