Abd Shah Surname

2,152,526th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 77 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Afghanistan
Highest density in:
Afghanistan

Abd Shah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Abd Shah Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Afghanistan741:434,5025,860
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Iran11:76,782,524277,718

Abd Shah (36) may also be a first name.

Abd Shah Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Abd Shah Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Abd Shah is found most frequently in Afghanistan. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Abd Shah? popularity and diffusion

The surname Abd Shah is the 2,152,526th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 94,643,453 people. Abd Shah is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Abd Shah reside; 97 percent reside in South Asia and 97 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Abd Shah is also the 1,717,090th most numerous given name at a global level, held by 36 people.

This last name is most widely held in Afghanistan, where it is held by 74 people, or 1 in 434,502. In Afghanistan it is most frequent in: Paktika, where 36 percent are found, Kabul, where 20 percent are found and Khost, where 16 percent are found. Other than Afghanistan this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 3 percent are found and Iran, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Abd Sah938/
Abd Sha932/
Abd Saha8838/
Abd Sa864/
Abd Shaid822/
Abd Said7554/
Abd Saad755/
Abd Saat751/
Abd Sait751/
Abd Saud751/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Abd Shah
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