Shastra Surname
Approximately 29 people bear this surname
Shastra Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 22 | 1:34,866,608 | 408,224 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Shastra (83) may also be a first name.
Shastra Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shastra Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shastra (Bengali: শাস্ত্র, Hindi: शास्त्र, Russian: Шастра) is found in India more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shastra? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,665,662nd most common surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 251,294,687 people. The last name Shastra is predominantly found in Asia, where 86 percent of Shastra live; 76 percent live in South Asia and 76 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,052,971st most common given name on earth It is held by 83 people.
The surname is most widely held in India, where it is borne by 22 people, or 1 in 34,866,608. In India it is primarily concentrated in: Andhra Pradesh, where 32 percent reside, Telangana, where 23 percent reside and Bihar, where 14 percent reside. Besides India Shastra occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 14 percent reside and Indonesia, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shastra Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shastra in the Bengali language | ||
| শাস্ত্র | sastra | - |
| Shastra in the Hindi language | ||
| शास्त्र | sastra | 42.11 |
| शास्त्रा | sastra | 36.84 |
| शस्त्र | sastra | 15.79 |
| शास्त्र्ा | sastra | 5.26 |
| Shastra in the Russian language | ||
| Шастра | sastra | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Shastra
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