Mishra

8,891 people in the United States were counted with the surname Mishra in the 2020 census, making it the 3,879th most common in the country. That is about one person in 33,600.

By the numbers

People: 8,891
Rank: 3,879th
How common: 1 in 33,600
Per 100,000: 3.0

Where the name comes from

Origin Sanskrit

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Mishra described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 94.8%
White, not Hispanic 2.3%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 1.6%
Hispanic or Latino 0.6%
Black, not Hispanic 0.4%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.3%

Notable people called Mishra

Pankaj Mishra (born 1969)Indian writer
Amit Mishra (born 1982)Indian cricket player
Sanjay Mishra (born 1963)Indian actor
Leela Mishra (1908–1988)Indian actress
Sugandha Mishra (born 1988)Indian playback singer, actress and comedian
Minati Mishra (1929–2020)Indian dancer and actress
Piyush Mishra (born 1963)Indian actor
Avantika Mishra (born 1992)Indian actress and model

People named Mishra with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Mishra

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.