Qashash Surname
Approximately 660 people bear this surname
Qashash Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yemen | 594 | 1:44,487 | 3,708 |
| Lebanon | 32 | 1:176,159 | 7,943 |
| Indonesia | 16 | 1:8,265,575 | 327,276 |
| Jordan | 7 | 1:1,263,205 | 16,935 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
Qashash Demographics
Qashash Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Qashash Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Qashash Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Qashash (Arabic: قشاش) occurs more in Yemen more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Qashash? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 499,041st most commonly held last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 11,041,736 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Qashash live; 97 percent live in West Asia and 91 percent live in Arabian Peninsula.
Qashash is most widely held in Yemen, where it is held by 594 people, or 1 in 44,487. In Yemen it is mostly concentrated in: Lahij Governorate, where 62 percent live, Abyan Governorate, where 17 percent live and Aden Governorate, where 14 percent live. Beside Yemen this surname occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Lebanon, where 5 percent live and Indonesia, where 2 percent live.
Qashash Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Qashash surname is primarily Shiite (58%) in Lebanon.
Phonetically Similar Names
Qashash Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Qashash in the Arabic language | ||
| قشاش | qshash | - |
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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 Qashash
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