Mehta
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Frequency: (2513)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Indian (Gujarat, Rajasthan, Panjab, and Bombay city): Hindu (Bania, Vania, Brahman, Khatri), Jain, Parsi, and Sikh name meaning ‘chief’ in several modern Indian languages, from Sanskrit mahita ‘praised’, ‘great’ (from mah- ‘to praise or magnify’). In Gujarati it has come to mean ‘teacher’, ‘accountant’, probably because teachers and accountants were respectfully so addressed in Gujarat. The Oswal and Porwal Banias and the Panjabi Khatris also have clans called Mehta.
GIVEN NAMES: Indian 91%. Ashok (26), Dilip (24), Anil (21), Rajesh (20), Ramesh (20), Bharat (19), Deepak (18), Sanjay (18), Pankaj (17), Sunil (17), Prakash (15), Vinod (15).
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Oxford Dictionary of Family Names
Dictionary of American Family Names. Copyright © 2006 Patrick Hanks. All rights reserved.
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Mentioned in
Bolero
(1973 Music Film)
Ketan Mehta
(Director, Writer, Drama/Thriller)
Zubin Mehta
(Indian musician)
Reconfigurations
(2000 Album by Rajesh Mehta)
Zubin Mehta in Rehearsal
(1996 Music Film)
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