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    The surname Misra

    A surname, carried by 1,502 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M260

    Misra: #18,431 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Misra #18,431, 1,502 people Misra: #18,431 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Misra #18,431, 1,502 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Misra is more common than 88.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname. Alternative form of Mishra.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,502 people named Misra in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 205,556 Americans. That is up 54% since 2000, when the Census counted 973.

    #18,431
    rank among US surnames
    1,502
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +54.4%
    change since 2000 (was #24,162)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,423Pilot1,503205,420
    #18,431Goggans1,502205,556
    #18,440Montz1,501205,693

    Who is named Misra

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

    86% of people named Misra identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 6.3% as two or more races and 6.1% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 86%
    • Two or more races 6.3%
    • White (not Hispanic) 6.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.7%
    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 Misra

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Misra?
    1,502 people in the United States had the surname Misra in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 205,556 Americans. It ranked 18,431st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Misra?
    In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Misra identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 6.3% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Misra getting more or less common?
    More common. 973 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,502 in 2010, up 54%.