Alshah Surname
Approximately 66 people bear this surname
Alshah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 33 | 1:5,413,451 | 34,034 |
| Afghanistan | 11 | 1:2,923,017 | 17,932 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
Alshah (40) may also be a first name.
Alshah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alshah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Alshah (Marathi: शाह) occurs most in Pakistan. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Alshah? popularity and diffusion
Alshah is the 2,352,516th most common last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 110,417,362 people. Alshah occurs predominantly in Asia, where 88 percent of Alshah live; 68 percent live in South Asia and 68 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 1,614,485th most commonly occurring forename at a global level, held by 40 people.
Alshah is most widely held in Pakistan, where it is borne by 33 people, or 1 in 5,413,451. In Pakistan Alshah is primarily found in: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 94 percent live, Punjab, where 3 percent live and Sindh, where 3 percent live. Outside of Pakistan it exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in Afghanistan, where 17 percent live and Qatar, where 14 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Alshah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Alshah in the Marathi language | ||
| शाह | saha | - |
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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 Alshah
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