Jamsher Surname
Approximately 960 people bear this surname
Jamsher Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 867 | 1:206,048 | 4,985 |
| India | 91 | 1:8,429,290 | 174,159 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Jamsher (1,802) may also be a first name.
Jamsher Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jamsher Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jamsher (Hindi: जमशेर, Marathi: जमशेर, Oriya: ଜମେଶର) has its highest incidence in Pakistan. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Jamsher? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 373,425th most commonly used last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 7,591,194 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Jamsher reside; 100 percent reside in South Asia and 90 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 179,993rd most frequently occurring first name world-wide, held by 1,802 people.
This last name is most widely held in Pakistan, where it is carried by 867 people, or 1 in 206,048. In Pakistan Jamsher is primarily found in: Punjab, where 98 percent reside, Sindh, where 1 percent reside and Islamabad Capital Territory, where 0 percent reside. Without taking into account Pakistan it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in India, where 9 percent reside and Australia, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jamsher Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jamsher in the Oriya language | ||
| ଜମେଶର | jamesara | - |
| Jamsher in the Hindi language | ||
| जमशेर | jamasera | 97.85 |
| जम्शेर | jamsera | 0.86 |
| जमशंर | jamasanra | 0.43 |
| जामशेर | jamasera | 0.43 |
| Jamsher in the Marathi language | ||
| जमशेर | jamasera | 95.86 |
| जमशेद | jamaseda | 1.38 |
| शमशेर | samasera | 1.38 |
| समशेर | samasera | 0.69 |
| जमाशेर | jamasera | 0.69 |
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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 Jamsher
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