Mistry (surname)

Mistry, or Mistri, is a surname found in people of India or Indian origin. Gujarat and Rajasthan are origin state of Mistrys. This surname is used by many different communities of India.

By Mistris of Kutch

Mistri or Mistry is seldom used as surname by Mistri community known as Mistris and their branch communities like Kadia or Gurjar Kshatriyas, who are involved in masonry and construction works. As you can find only few families, from this community, have adopted Mistri, their cast identity as their surname.

They mostly prefer to use their original Kshatriya clan Surnames, like Rathor, Chavda, Solanki, Jethwa, Parmar, Chauhan, Vaghela, Taunk, etc.^[1][2]

By Kadia Kshatriyas

The Mistry surname is again seldom used by Kadia and Kadia Kshatriyas of Saurahstra. They like Mistris of Kutch prefer to use their clan surnames like Chauhan, Solanki, Taunk, Parmar, Chavda, Rathor, Chotalia, Makwana, etc.^[3] In this community use of surname Kadia is of more use as occupational surname rather than Mistri.

By Suthar Community

But rather, Mistry is used as surname more often by Suthar community of Gujarat and Rajasthan. it is common surname found among them.^[4][5]

By Parsi Community

Mistri or Mistry is also a common surname in Parsi community of India. Again that is a surname adopted by them due to professional reason, as said earlier, the word Mistri or Mistry in Gujarati language is identified as people involved in Building Construction. And Parsi community as is known have their roots in Gujarat.

By Muslim Kadia

Mistry or Mistri is also a surname found among Muslim Kadia community living in Kutch and Saurashtra region of Gujarat. Many of them even today use the surname Mistry, which was actually their community or professional identity before they converted to Islam. Many members of their community using Mistry as surname can be found living today in Zanzibar, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Muscat, Maldives, etc., where they have migrated more than a century ago.^[6][7]

Meaning of word Mistri

Main article: Mistri

The word Mistri or Mistry in Gujarat is identified with people, who are expert architecht, or expert in Building Construction.

List of people with surname Mistry

• Anish Mistry, character in EastEnders
• Nita Mistry, character in EastEnders
• Pallonji Mistry, Indian entrepreneur
• Rohinton Mistry, Indian-born Canadian writer
• Pranav Mistry, engineer who developed SixthSense
• Bina Mistry, UK Bhangra singer
• Dhruva Mistry, sculptor
• Jimi Mistry, UK actor
• Madhusudan Mistry, Indian politician
• Shaheen Mistry, Founder, Teach for India

See also

• Mistri
• Mistri (caste)
• Mistris of Kutch

References

1. ^ it has 23 surnames, out of which five surnames Chawda,Rathod,Parmar,Tank,and Chauhan hold 77% of total Population.Where as Solanki,Jethwa,Vegad,Khodiyaar,Yadav,Gohil,Vadher,Sawaria and Maru collectively make only 13% and rest makes 10% of Shree Kutch Gurjar Kshatriya Samaj population.
2. ^ Rathore, Chauhan, Parmar, Khodiyar, Padiyar, Sawana and Varu are the main sub classes of Gurjar Kshatriya.
3. ^ Gurjar Khatriya Ganti : Community Surnames
4. ^ Mistri Encyclopaedia of Backward Castes By Neelam Yadav Page 316.
5. ^ Suthar Community wesite having many names whose last names are Mistry
6. ^ Aga Khan Trust - giving details of Zanzibar Stone City & main developer Haji Mistry of Kutch - a Muslim Kadia example of use of Mistry surname by Muslim Kadia
7. ^ [1] Pakistan labour gazette, Volume 15, 1967

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