The surname Mistry
A Hindi surname, carried by 3,710 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex M236
Origin
Hindi origin
Borrowed from Hindi मिस्त्री (mistrī). Doublet of master.
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 3,710 people named Mistry in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 83,220 Americans. That is up 50% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,466.
Who is named Mistry
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
93% of people named Mistry identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 3.4% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as two or more races.
- Asian and Pacific Islander 93%
- White (not Hispanic) 3.4%
- Two or more races 2.6%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
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
- Mistri
Mistry has the Soundex code M236, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M236.
Other Hindi surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Mistry come from?
- Borrowed from Hindi मिस्त्री (mistrī). Doublet of master.
- How common is the surname Mistry?
- 3,710 people in the United States had the surname Mistry in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 83,220 Americans. It ranked 8,832nd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Mistry?
- In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Mistry identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 3.4% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Mistry getting more or less common?
- More common. 2,466 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,710 in 2010, up 50%.
- What are other spellings of Mistry?
- Mistri.