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    The surname Mehta

    A Gujarati surname, carried by 14,342 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M300

    Mehta: #2,526 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Mehta #2,526, 14,342 people Mehta: #2,526 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Mehta #2,526, 14,342 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mehta is more common than 98.4% of them.

    Origin

    Gujarati origin

    Transliteration of Gujarati મહેતા (mahetā).

    One of 18 Gujarati surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 14,342 people named Mehta in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 21,527 Americans. That is up 48% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,691.

    #2,526
    rank among US surnames
    14,342
    people in 2010
    4.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +48%
    change since 2000 (was #3,377)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,517Bowser14,38321,466
    #2,518Harms14,37721,475
    #2,519Fierro14,37121,484
    #2,520Pederson14,37021,485
    #2,521Collazo14,36921,487
    #2,522McMahan14,36821,488
    #2,523Hershberger14,35721,505

    Who is named Mehta

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

    93% of people named Mehta identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 3.3% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as two or more races.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 93%
    • White (not Hispanic) 3.3%
    • Two or more races 2.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

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

    Other Gujarati surnames

    All 18 Gujarati surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Mehta come from?
    Transliteration of Gujarati મહેતા (mahetā).
    How common is the surname Mehta?
    14,342 people in the United States had the surname Mehta in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 21,527 Americans. It ranked 2,526th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Mehta?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Mehta identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 3.3% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Mehta getting more or less common?
    More common. 9,691 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,342 in 2010, up 48%.