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

The last name Shastry (Hindi: शास्त्री) is more frequently found in India than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

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

This surname is the 125,489^th most frequent family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 2,009,249 people. Shastry occurs predominantly in Asia, where 87 percent of Shastry are found; 74 percent are found in South Asia and 74 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Shastry is also the 532,586^th most common given name in the world, borne by 278 people.

The surname Shastry is most frequent in India, where it is borne by 2,697 people, or 1 in 284,414. In India it is mostly found in: Karnataka, where 31 percent are found, Telangana, where 23 percent are found and Andhra Pradesh, where 16 percent are found. Apart from India it is found in 30 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 9 percent are found and Saudi Arabia, where 5 percent are found.

Shastry Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those bearing the Shastry last name are 0.69% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 52.54% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Shastry earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 8.08% more than the national average, earning $46,637 USD per year and in Canada they earn 42.6% more than the national average, earning $70,850 CAD per year.