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    The surname Maheshwari

    A Sanskrit surname, carried by 741 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex M260

    Maheshwari: #31,285 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Maheshwari #31,285, 741 people Maheshwari: #31,285 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Maheshwari #31,285, 741 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Maheshwari is more common than 80.7% of them.

    Origin

    Sanskrit origin

    From Sanskrit महेश्वरी (maheśvarī); ultimately from महा (mahā, “great”) + ईश्वरी (īśvarī, “goddess”).

    One of 24 Sanskrit surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 741 people named Maheshwari in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 416,661 Americans. That is up 115% since 2000, when the Census counted 344.

    #31,285
    rank among US surnames
    741
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +115.4%
    change since 2000 (was #55,732)

    Who is named Maheshwari

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    96% of people named Maheshwari identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 2.3% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 96%
    • White (not Hispanic) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 0.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.8%

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Maheshvari
    • Maheswari

    Surnames that sound like Maheshwari

    Maheshwari has the Soundex code M260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M260.

    Other Sanskrit surnames

    All 24 Sanskrit surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Maheshwari come from?
    From Sanskrit महेश्वरी (maheśvarī); ultimately from महा (mahā, “great”) + ईश्वरी (īśvarī, “goddess”).
    How common is the surname Maheshwari?
    741 people in the United States had the surname Maheshwari in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 416,661 Americans. It ranked 31,285th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Maheshwari?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Maheshwari identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 2.3% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Maheshwari getting more or less common?
    More common. 344 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 741 in 2010, up 115%.
    What are other spellings of Maheshwari?
    Maheshvari and Maheswari.
    Is Maheshwari also a first name?
    Yes. Maheshwari is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.