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Most common surname in India
People with this surname currently in the iMeUsWe database
Mahi: This surnames spread probably shows how people moved and settled. Wars or big political changes might have forced families with this surname to move to different places. Or, people might have chosen to move because of jobs or the weather. Where people settled depended on things like resources and how society was already set up. The surname itself might have changed slightly over time because of how people said it or wrote it, or even because similar-sounding names were used.
from iMeUsWe Database
Andhra Pradesh
981
Maharashtra
247
Bihar
234
Uttar Pradesh
175
Madhya Pradesh
114
Tamil Nadu
56
Odisha
50
Delhi
40
Jharkhand
32
Rajasthan
19
from iMeUsWe Database
People with the surname MAHI appear across 4 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.
1,773 (88%)
Food Distribution Records
158 (8%)
Voters List
85 (4%)
Farmer Beneficiary Records
2 (0.1%)
Govertment Farmers Benificary List
MAHI families worship SINGBONGA as their Kuldevta (family deity).
The MAHI surname is found across multiple communities including Asur communities.
Andhra Pradesh has the highest concentration of the MAHI surname with 981 records (50.4%).
The MAHI surname is written in HINDI, MARATHI, BENGALI, MALAYALAM, GUJARATI, PUNJABI, SANSKRIT scripts.
MAHI is ranked #8649 in India with approximately 4,895 people bearing this surname.
The MAHI surname is found across 10 states, with the top 3 being Andhra Pradesh (50.4%), Maharashtra (12.7%), Bihar (12.0%).