Shrivastava Surname

7,572nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 74,863 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Shrivastava Surname User-submission:

Possibly originated near Swat River (in Pakistan) and belong to the community of Kayasthas. Based on Hindu mythology Srivastava was one of the sons of Chitragupta (the scribe of the God of Death who decided whether a person will go to heaven or hell) and his descendants took the surname as Srivastava.

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Shrivastava Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India70,8291:10,830896
United States1,2701:285,40126,557
United Arab Emirates5521:16,5981,999
Thailand3441:205,34434,078
Saudi Arabia2781:110,99214,774
Qatar2031:11,6161,265
England2001:278,59021,737
Canada1421:259,47624,513
Singapore1411:39,0621,450
Hong Kong1121:65,4951,203
Oman1001:36,8802,528
Australia991:272,68424,601
Kuwait961:39,5914,718
Bahrain731:18,4743,432
Malaysia591:499,90225,042
New Zealand561:80,86311,672
South Africa321:1,693,05382,821
Germany271:2,981,684140,707
Nepal261:1,095,4216,297
Poland241:1,583,69889,279
Netherlands241:703,63256,027
France181:3,690,151224,666
Nigeria131:13,626,366237,812
Sweden111:895,16066,831
Russia101:14,412,306394,810
Switzerland81:1,026,61463,315
Wales81:386,81619,671
Iceland71:54,2993,881
Trinidad and Tobago71:194,8549,403
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
Japan51:25,568,85950,629
Kenya51:9,235,98055,978
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
Ireland51:941,78816,185
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
China41:341,830,39216,990
Ethiopia41:24,386,56619,165
Bangladesh41:39,839,19317,324
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Afghanistan31:10,717,72835,605
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Tanzania31:17,647,204107,932
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
Maldives21:202,0864,973
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Bhutan11:616,0391,715
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Guinea-Bissau11:1,728,021323
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Macau11:601,6301,582
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010

Shrivastava (374) may also be a first name.

Shrivastava Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Possibly originated near Swat River (in Pakistan) and belong to the community of Kayasthas. Based on Hindu mythology Srivastava was one of the sons of Chitragupta (the scribe of the God of Death who decided whether a person will go to heaven or hell) and his descendants took the surname as Srivastava.

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Srivastava are from Kayastha community. According to Valmeek, the capital of north Kaushal is Shravasti. So attached with Shravasti they are called as Srivastava.

- kaustubh_srivastava

Shrivastava Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Shrivastava Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Shrivastava (Hindi: श्रीवास्तव, Marathi: रिवशंकर, Oriya: େରାହିତ, Russian: Шривастава) is found most frequently in India. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Shrivastava? popularity and diffusion

The surname Shrivastava is the 7,572nd most frequent last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 97,345 people. The last name Shrivastava occurs mostly in Asia, where 97 percent of Shrivastava reside; 95 percent reside in South Asia and 95 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 448,725th most numerous given name globally It is held by 374 people.

The last name is most numerous in India, where it is held by 70,829 people, or 1 in 10,830. In India it is most frequent in: Maharashtra, where 37 percent reside, Uttar Pradesh, where 16 percent reside and Madhya Pradesh, where 14 percent reside. Outside of India this surname exists in 74 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent reside and The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent reside.

Shrivastava Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Shrivastava are 4.78% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 58.01% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Shrivastava earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 42.82% less than the national average, earning 197,897 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 60.9% less than the national average, earning R 92,928 per year; in United States they earn 33.42% more than the national average, earning $57,571 USD per year and in Canada they earn 22.5% more than the national average, earning $60,864 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shrivastavap9624/
Shrivashtava9623/
Shrivastavaa9617/
Shrivastavau9614/
Shrivastavat9612/
Shrivastavad9610/
Shrivasthava966/
Shrisvastava966/
Shrivastavas964/
Shrivasstava964/
Shrivastavay963/
Shrivastavah962/
Shritvastava961/
Shrivastasva961/
Shrivatstava961/
Shsrivastava961/
Srivastava95168,780/
Shrivatava9550/
Shrivastavach9237/
Shrivastavaya929/
Shrivastavash921/
Shriwastava91728/
Shrivastawa91337/
Srivasthava9174/
Srivastavaa9167/
Shribastava9146/
Shrivastave9130/
Srivashtava9123/
Shrivastavy9119/
Shrivastavi9114/
Ssrivastava9112/
Srrivastava9112/
Srivastavas9111/
Srivasstava9110/
Srivastaava919/
Srivatstava917/
Shrivatasva917/
Shrevastava917/
Shrivastaba917/
Shryvastava917/
Srivastavai913/
Srisvastava913/
Shrivestava912/
Shrisvatava911/
Shrivathava911/
Sraivastava911/
Srivastatva911/
Srivastavaz911/
Shrivostava911/
Srivaastava911/
Srivatava90201/
Shrivastajvach881/
Shreevastava8774/
Shreiwastava871/
Shrivashtawa871/
Shrivastaewa871/
Shrrivastawa871/
Srivastavaya871/
Sriwastava86688/
Srivastawa86410/
Sribastava86186/
Srivastave8679/
Srivastaba8616/
Sryvastava8610/
Srivestava869/
Srevastava869/
Srivastova866/
Shriwatava865/
Shrivatawa861/
Srivastavi861/
Srivastavo861/
Srivasteva861/
Srivatasva861/
Sruvastava861/
Shriwastawa8276/
Shribastaba8225/
Sreevastava8221/
Shriwastave827/
Srivastavyi823/
Shrivataswa823/
Srivastaved823/
Srivasthave821/
Sriwwastava821/
Sriwatava804/
Srivatawa801/
Shreewastava7819/
Sreevasthava7813/
Shribastabha783/
Shribhastaba783/
Shreevastawa782/
Shreebastava781/
Shreevastave781/
Shreiwastawa781/
Shriweastawa781/
Sreevastavai781/
Sriwastawa76164/
Sribastaba766/
Sribastavo764/
Shriwatawa761/
Srivesteva761/
Sriwastave761/
Sriwastavy761/
Sriwasteva761/
Sriwastova761/
Sriwastaba761/
Sriwastavi761/
Sreevasthavaa751/
Sreebastava7310/
Shrewastawa735/
Sreewastava731/
Sribastabha731/
Shreewastawa701/
Sribastabe671/

Shrivastava Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Shrivastava in the Hindi language
श्रीवास्तवsrivastava85.43
श्रीवास्तवाsrivastava12.9
श्रीवासतवsrivasatava0.42
श्रीवस्तवाsrivastava0.35
श्रीवस्तवsrivastava0.19
श्रीवास्तावाsrivastava0.14
श्रीवास्वतsrivasvata0.1
श्रीवास्तावsrivastava0.08
वास्तवvastava0.07
श्रिवास्तवsrivastava0.07
श्रिवास्तवाsrivastava0.06
श्रीवास्तव़srivastava0.04
श्रीवासतवाsrivasatava0.03
विश्वकर्माvisvakarma0.01
श्रीवास्त्वsrivastva0.01
श्रीवातस्वsrivatasva0.01
श्रीवसतवsrivasatava0.01
श्रीवास्तवसsrivastavasa0.01
तवtava0.01
श्रीवस्त्वsrivastva0.01
श्रीवास्वस्तवsrivasvastava0.01
श्रीवस्तावsrivastava0.01
श्रीवास्तव्srivastav0.01
Shrivastava in the Marathi language
रिवशंकरrivasankara63.64
सिवतादेवीsivatadevi18.18
ीवासातावाivasatava9.09
ीवासतवivasatava9.09
Shrivastava in the Oriya language
େରାହିତerahita50
ଶୀବାସବsibasaba50
Shrivastava in the Russian language
Шриваставаsrivastava-

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