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
The surname Shastra (Bengali: শাস্ত্র, Hindi: शास्त्र, Russian: Шастра) is carried by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shastra? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,665,662nd most widely held surname globally, held by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. The surname Shastra occurs mostly in Asia, where 86 percent of Shastra reside; 76 percent reside in South Asia and 76 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,052,971st most widely held given name internationally It is held by 83 people.
This surname is most common in India, where it is held by 22 people, or 1 in 34,866,608. In India it is most frequent in: Andhra Pradesh, where 32 percent are found, Telangana, where 23 percent are found and Bihar, where 14 percent are found. Barring India Shastra is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 14 percent are found and Indonesia, where 3 percent are found.
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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