Al Shaheen Surname
Approximately 268 people bear this surname
Al Shaheen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| Iceland | 19 | 1:20,005 | 1,629 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Al Shaheen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Al Shaheen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Al Shaheen is borne by more people in Saudi Arabia than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Al Shaheen? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 968,490th most commonly held surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 27,192,336 people. The last name Al Shaheen is predominantly found in Asia, where 91 percent of Al Shaheen live; 91 percent live in West Asia and 91 percent live in Arabian Peninsula.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Saudi Arabia, where it is borne by 199 people, or 1 in 155,054. Other than Saudi Arabia it occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Kuwait, where 15 percent live and Iceland, where 7 percent live.
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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
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