Shastri

See also: shastri

English

Alternative forms

• Shastry, Sastry

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi शास्त्री (śāstrī, “scholar”).

Proper noun

Shastri (plural Shastris)

1. A surname from Sanskrit.

   Lal Bahadur Shastri

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Shastri is the 40672^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 537 individuals. Shastri is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (93.85%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Shastri”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.