Shrestha
surname · Latin script
Meaning: A surname from Nepali
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ʃɹɛsthə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Shrestha is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Nepal than in any other country. In Qatar it is the 61st most common surname.
- NPNepal≈1 in 37(inferred from the name graph)
- QAQatar≈1 in 715
- AEUnited Arab Emirates≈1 in 1.9K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Nepal (inferred from the name graph)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 289 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 37 (inferred from the name graph)
≈820,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Nepal, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
10 other spellings are counted as the same name:
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
A surname from Nepali.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Shrestha counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NP Nepal | #510 | ≈820,000 est. | ≈1 in 37 | 31 | Shrestha | 182 |
| US United States | — | 5,535 | 1 in 60K | 12K | Shrestha | 289 |
| AE United Arab Emirates | #106 | ≈5,100 est. | ≈1 in 1.9K | — | Shrestha | 66 |
| MY Malaysia | #561 | ≈4,400 est. | ≈1 in 7.4K | — | Shrestha | 29 |
| AU Australia | #550 | ≈4,200 est. | ≈1 in 6.1K | 1 | Shrestha | 168 |
| QA Qatar | #61 | ≈3,400 est. | ≈1 in 715 | — | Shrestha | 30 |
| KW Kuwait | #206 | ≈600 est. | ≈1 in 5K | — | Shrestha | 17 |
| BH Bahrain | #193 | ≈590 est. | ≈1 in 2.5K | — | Shrestha | 8 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present); Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Kedarman Byathitb. 1914NPnot in their usual nameNepali poet of Nepali and Newari languages
- Deep Shresthab. 1950NPNepalese singer
- Kishore Pahadib. 1956NPnot in their usual nameNepali writer, storywriter
- Prakash Shresthab. 1957NPNepalese singer
- Sangita Shresthab. 1976NPNepalese film director
- Alice Shresthab. 1985NPNepalese swimmer
- Namrata Shresthab. 1986NPNepalese actress
- Bhumika Shresthab. 1987NPNepali model, actress, politician and third gender rights activist
- Bishal Shresthab. 1992NPNepalese asociation football player (1992-)
- Anushka Shresthab. 1996NPNepalese beauty pageant winner
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 32 sources across 18 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 12K | #2,993 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 5.5K | #6,180 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 1.3K | #19,840 |
| NP Nepal | Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names | — | 31 | #1 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Shrestha mean, and where does it come from?
- A surname from Nepali. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Shrestha?
- A machine transcription gives /ʃɹɛsthə/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Shrestha have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 817 thousand people named Shrestha in Nepal, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled shrestha.
- How common is the name Shrestha?
- In the United States, the national register counted 5,535 people named Shrestha in 2010, about 1 in 60 thousand residents.
- How common is Shrestha compared with other names?
- In Nepal, Shrestha is the 510th most common surname of 25,881 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Shrestha?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/shresthaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Shrestha” — the 510th most common surname in Nepal. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.