Ibn Shah Surname
Approximately 42 people bear this surname
Ibn Shah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 42 | 1:4,253,426 | 29,680 |
| Iran | 12 | 1:6,398,544 | 138,820 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
Ibn Shah (29) may also be a first name.
Ibn Shah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ibn Shah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ibn Shah occurs most in Pakistan. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ibn Shah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,017,195th most frequent surname internationally, held by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 131 percent of Ibn Shah reside; 131 percent reside in South Asia and 131 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 1,951,561st most commonly held first name internationally. It is borne by 29 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Pakistan, where it is held by 42 people, or 1 in 4,253,426. In Pakistan Ibn Shah is most frequent in: Sindh, where 50 percent reside, Balochistan, where 33 percent reside and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 17 percent reside. Apart from Pakistan this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 29 percent reside and Afghanistan, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Ibn Shah
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