Mistry (surname)

Mistry, or Mistri, is a surname found in India or amongst people of Indian origin. Gujarat, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and even West Bengal. This surname is used by Vishwakarma communities of India. It is an occupation surname.

Meaning
Main article: Mistri

The word Mistri or Mistry in Maharashtra & Gujarat is identified with people who are experts in architecture, sound in Mechanical, Technical subjects or experts in Building Constructions. Mistry also means carpenter.

By Suthar Community

The Mistri or Mistry is used as a surname by the Vishwakarma Suthar community of Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karachi and Rajasthan. It is a common surname found among them.[1]

By Parsi Community

Mistri or Mistry is also a common surname in the Parsi community of India. Again, this is a surname adopted by them due to a professional reason, as said earlier, the word Mistri or Mistry in Gujarati language is identified with people involved in building construction. And the Parsi community is known to 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.[2][3]

People with the surname

See also

References
  1. Mistri Encyclopaedia of Backward Castes By Neelam Yadav Page 316.
  2. 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
  3. Pakistan labour gazette, Volume 15, 1967
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