Ghashim Surname
Approximately 1,498 people bear this surname
Ghashim Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iraq | 886 | 1:39,528 | 1,717 |
| Yemen | 569 | 1:46,442 | 3,812 |
| Jordan | 11 | 1:803,858 | 14,945 |
| Syria | 11 | 1:1,754,638 | 8,509 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
Ghashim Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ghashim Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ghashim (Hindi: घाशीम, Marathi: घािशम) occurs in Iraq more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ghashim? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 261,888th most frequent last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 4,864,850 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Ghashim reside; 99 percent reside in West Asia and 61 percent reside in Levant.
This last name is most widely held in Iraq, where it is borne by 886 people, or 1 in 39,528. Apart from Iraq this last name occurs in 12 countries. It is also common in Yemen, where 38 percent reside and Jordan, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ghashim Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ghashim in the Hindi language | ||
| घाशीम | ghasima | - |
| Ghashim in the Marathi language | ||
| घािशम | ghaisama | 50 |
| घशीम | ghasima | 50 |
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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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- 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 Ghashim
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