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ISHWARA Surname Meaning & Heritage Data

12,521st

Most common surname in India

883

People with this surname currently in the iMeUsWe database

History:

The gotras associated with this surname are angira, eeshwara, ishwar shandilya kaushik, mahadeva, raghu and raghukula. The Kuldevtas associated with this surname are ishwara, kali and venkateshwara.

Description:

The surname Ishwara comes from the Sanskrit word for "supreme lord" or "God. The religion associated with ISHWARA surname is hinduism. The Mother Tonuge associated with this surname are kannada, telugu and sanskrit.
" In India, communities who honor Shiva, a major Hindu god also known as Ishwara, commonly use this surname. People who use Ishwara as this surname often want to show their familys strong religious ties or philosophical leanings, instead of a specific caste connection. Because its so widespread, its tough to say exactly which groups use it.

The surname Ishwara, mainly found in India, is common in areas where Indo-Aryan languages are spoken. Because of this, people with this surname often speak languages like Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali, Punjabi, and Sanskrit. India has many different languages, so other regional languages such as Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam might also be spoken by families or communities using this surname. This shows how common multilingualism is across India. The exact languages spoken depend on the family’s original location and where they have moved within India.

The surname has several variations, including Ishvar, Isvara, Iswara, Ishwariah, Isswar, Isser, and Isher.

State-wise distribution of people with ISHWARA surname

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Maharashtra state distribution for ISHWARA surname

Maharashtra

763

Madhya Pradesh state distribution for ISHWARA surname

Madhya Pradesh

6

Karnataka state distribution for ISHWARA surname

Karnataka

2

Odisha state distribution for ISHWARA surname

Odisha

1

Rajasthan state distribution for ISHWARA surname

Rajasthan

1

Tamil Nadu state distribution for ISHWARA surname

Tamil Nadu

1

Category-wise distribution of people with ISHWARA surname

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People with the surname ISHWARA appear across 3 types of official government records in iMeUsWe's database — from electoral rolls to agricultural records — showing how widely distributed this surname is across Indian society.

Food Distribution Records category for ISHWARA surname

747 (97%)

Food Distribution Records

Farmer Beneficiary Records category for ISHWARA surname

22 (3%)

Farmer Beneficiary Records

Voters List category for ISHWARA surname

5 (1%)

Voters List

Frequently Asked Questions

ISHWARA families worship ISHWARA and KALI and VENKATESHWARA as their Kuldevta (family deities).

The ISHWARA surname is primarily associated with the Hindu religion.

ISHWARA families belong to multiple gotras including ANGIRA, EESHWARA, ISHWAR SHANDILYA KAUSHIK, MAHADEVA, RAGHU, RAGHUKULA.

Maharashtra has the highest concentration of the ISHWARA surname with 763 records (98.6%).

The ISHWARA surname is written in KANNADA, TELUGU, SANSKRIT scripts.

ISHWARA is ranked #12521 in India with approximately 883 people bearing this surname.

The ISHWARA surname is found across 6 states, with the top 3 being Maharashtra (98.6%), Madhya Pradesh (0.8%), Karnataka (0.3%).

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