Nishah Surname
Approximately 301 people bear this surname
Nishah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 252 | 1:3,043,910 | 90,807 |
| Maldives | 27 | 1:14,969 | 1,066 |
| Afghanistan | 7 | 1:4,593,312 | 23,122 |
| Pakistan | 7 | 1:25,520,555 | 84,222 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Nishah (270) may also be a first name.
Nishah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nishah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nishah (Hindi: निशाह, Marathi: िनशाह, Oriya: ନିଶାହ) is held by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nishah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 891,661st most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 24,211,116 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Nishah live; 97 percent live in South Asia and 81 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 541,116th most frequently occurring first name globally. It is borne by 270 people.
It is most commonly occurring in India, where it is held by 252 people, or 1 in 3,043,910. In India Nishah is primarily found in: Bihar, where 43 percent are found, Uttar Pradesh, where 23 percent are found and Rajasthan, where 13 percent are found. Beside India this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also common in The Maldives, where 9 percent are found and Afghanistan, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nishah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nishah in the Hindi language | ||
| निशाह | nisaha | 93.48 |
| नीशाह | nisaha | 5.43 |
| Nishah in the Marathi language | ||
| िनशाह | inasaha | 92.31 |
| िनशह | inasaha | 3.85 |
| नौशाह | nausaha | 3.85 |
| Nishah in the Oriya language | ||
| ନିଶାହ | nisaha | 50 |
| ନିଶଃ | nisah | 50 |
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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 Nishah
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