How common is the surname Mehra?

1,415 people in the United States had the surname Mehra in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 218,195 Americans. It ranked 19,189th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Mehra getting more or less common?

More common. 932 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,415 in 2010, up 52%.

The surname Mehra

A Hindi surname, carried by 1,415 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mehra is more common than 88.2% of them.

Origin

Hindi origin

Borrowed from Hindi मेहरा (mehrā), cf. Mehrotra, Malhotra.

One of 48 Hindi surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,415 people named Mehra in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 218,195 Americans. That is up 52% since 2000, when the Census counted 932.

#19,189

rank among US surnames

1,415

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+51.8%

change since 2000 (was #25,006)

Who is named Mehra

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

86% of people named Mehra identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 7.8% as white (not Hispanic) and 5.2% as two or more races.

Asian and Pacific Islander 86%
White (not Hispanic) 7.8%
Two or more races 5.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Mehra

Mehra has the Soundex code M600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M600.

Other Hindi surnames

All 48 Hindi surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Mehra come from?: Borrowed from Hindi मेहरा (mehrā), cf. Mehrotra, Malhotra.
How common is the surname Mehra?: 1,415 people in the United States had the surname Mehra in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 218,195 Americans. It ranked 19,189th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mehra?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Mehra identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 7.8% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Mehra getting more or less common?: More common. 932 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,415 in 2010, up 52%.