Mashahar Surname
Approximately 53 people bear this surname
Mashahar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 22 | 1:34,866,608 | 408,224 |
| Palestine | 20 | 1:227,442 | 9,690 |
| Iran | 7 | 1:10,968,932 | 186,522 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
Mashahar (243) may also be a first name.
Mashahar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mashahar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mashahar (Hindi: मशहर) is more commonly found in India than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Mashahar click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mashahar? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,661,929th most commonly used family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 137,500,866 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Mashahar are found; 55 percent are found in South Asia and 42 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 573,164th most numerous given name at a global level, borne by 243 people.
This surname is most commonly used in India, where it is borne by 22 people, or 1 in 34,866,608. In India Mashahar is most numerous in: West Bengal, where 59 percent are found, Bihar, where 36 percent are found and Assam, where 5 percent are found. Excluding India this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Palestine, where 38 percent are found and Iran, where 13 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mashahar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mashahar in the Hindi language | ||
| मशहर | masahara | 98.05 |
| मशाहर | masahara | 1.3 |
| मशहार | masahara | 0.65 |
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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 Mashahar
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