Hamshi Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Hamshi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Iran | 3 | 1:25,594,175 | 224,183 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Hamshi (46) may also be a first name.
Hamshi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hamshi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hamshi (Hindi: हमशी) occurs most in India. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Hamshi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,034,050th most frequently used family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. The surname Hamshi occurs predominantly in Asia, where 88 percent of Hamshi live; 58 percent live in South Asia and 29 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,484,914th most frequently used first name throughout the world It is held by 46 people.
Hamshi is most commonly occurring in India, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 109,580,769. In India it is mostly found in: Telangana, where 71 percent reside, Kerala, where 14 percent reside and Uttar Pradesh, where 14 percent reside. Barring India this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Iraq, where 17 percent reside and Afghanistan, where 13 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hamshi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hamshi in the Hindi language | ||
| हमशी | hamasi | 88.89 |
| हम्शी | hamsi | 11.11 |
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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 Hamshi
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