Mahar
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
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Noun edit
Mahar (plural Mahars or Mahar)
- A member of an Indian community found largely within Maharashtra and historically identified as untouchables.
Etymology 2 edit
Variant of Maher.
Proper noun edit
Mahar (plural Mahars)
- A surname from Irish.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Mahar is the 9803rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3302 individuals. Mahar is most common among White (91.94%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Mahar”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 491.