Ismail Shah Surname

1,860,621st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 99 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Pakistan

Ismail Shah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ismail Shah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Pakistan841:2,126,71319,920
India101:76,706,538639,611
Afghanistan51:6,430,63727,710

Ismail Shah Last Name Facts

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

Ismail Shah is borne by more people in Pakistan than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ismail Shah? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,860,621st most commonly used family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 73,611,575 people. The last name Ismail Shah is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Ismail Shah reside; 100 percent reside in South Asia and 90 percent reside in Islamic South Asia.

Ismail Shah is most frequently used in Pakistan, where it is carried by 84 people, or 1 in 2,126,713. In Pakistan it is primarily concentrated in: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 45 percent live, Sindh, where 25 percent live and Punjab, where 18 percent live. Without taking into account Pakistan it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 10 percent live and Afghanistan, where 5 percent live.

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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 Ismail Shah
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