Bshir Surname

570,540th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 553 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Egypt

Bshir Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bshir Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2681:660,98030,902
Egypt1531:600,88732,813
Pakistan961:1,860,87418,465
India271:28,409,829361,298
Libya41:1,560,9943,087
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Bshir (313) may also be a first name.

Bshir Last Name Facts

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

Bshir (Hindi: बशीर, Marathi: बशीर) occurs most in Nigeria. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bshir? popularity and diffusion

The surname Bshir is the 570,540th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 13,178,202 people. Bshir is mostly found in Africa, where 77 percent of Bshir live; 48 percent live in West Africa and 48 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 496,565th most frequent first name at a global level, borne by 313 people.

The last name Bshir is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 268 people, or 1 in 660,980. In Nigeria Bshir is primarily concentrated in: Kaduna, where 80 percent reside, Kano, where 16 percent reside and Gombe, where 2 percent reside. Beside Nigeria Bshir is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 28 percent reside and Pakistan, where 17 percent reside.

Bshir Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily Muslim (97%) in Nigeria.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bshair915/
Bsheir914/
Bshier914/
Bshire914/
Bhshir913/
Bsshir912/
Bpshir911/
Bshsir911/
Bsir8988/
Bsahier831/
Bshyr803,081/
Bchir80805/
Bsher80617/
Vshir804/
Wshir803/
Bssir802/
Bsair802/
Pshir801/
Bjsir801/
Bhsir801/
Fshir801/
Bsheer731,330/
B'Chir7352/
Bscher7340/
Bsherr732/
Bssher732/
Bhsair731/
Bhsher731/
Bchire731/
Vshire731/
Bszire731/
Bshere731/
Bseher731/
Pshire731/
Bser671,040/
Pschier6746/
Hbscher6711/
Psir679/
Vsir676/
Fsir672/
Bhsheer672/
Wsir672/
Bsheart672/
Bsheerh672/
Bzir671/
Bcir671/
Bschert671/

Bshir Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bshir in the Marathi language
बशीरbasira98.36
Bshir in the Hindi language
बशीरbasira66.67
बसीरbasira33.33

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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
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  • 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 Bshir
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