The surname Mitra
A Sanskrit surname, carried by 1,958 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex M360
Origin
Sanskrit origin
Transliteration of Bengali মিত্র (mitro).
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 1,958 people named Mitra in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 157,684 Americans. That is up 62% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,206.
Who is named Mitra
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
82% of people named Mitra identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 8.8% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Asian and Pacific Islander 82%
- White (not Hispanic) 8.8%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.7%
- Two or more races 4.2%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Mitra
Mitra has the Soundex code M360, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M360.
Other Sanskrit surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Mitra come from?
- Transliteration of Bengali মিত্র (mitro).
- How common is the surname Mitra?
- 1,958 people in the United States had the surname Mitra in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 157,684 Americans. It ranked 15,066th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Mitra?
- In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Mitra identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 8.8% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Mitra getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,206 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,958 in 2010, up 62%.