Qashim Surname
Approximately 912 people bear this surname
Qashim Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Syria | 570 | 1:33,861 | 2,132 |
| Jordan | 189 | 1:46,785 | 4,852 |
| India | 102 | 1:7,520,249 | 162,050 |
| Palestine | 32 | 1:142,152 | 8,076 |
| Yemen | 9 | 1:2,936,144 | 15,216 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Qashim (733) may also be a first name.
Qashim Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Qashim Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Qashim (Hindi: काशिम, Marathi: काशीम) is more frequently found in Syria than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Qashim click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Qashim? popularity and diffusion
Qashim is the 388,780th most frequently used surname globally It is held by around 1 in 7,990,730 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Qashim reside; 89 percent reside in West Asia and 87 percent reside in Levant. Qashim is also the 304,274th most widely held forename on earth, held by 733 people.
The last name Qashim is most commonly occurring in Syria, where it is carried by 570 people, or 1 in 33,861. In Syria it is most numerous in: Homs Governorate, where 100 percent reside and Al-Hasakah Governorate, where 0 percent reside. Apart from Syria it is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Jordan, where 21 percent reside and India, where 11 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Qashim Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Qashim in the Marathi language | ||
| काशीम | kasima | 99.4 |
| िबसिम | ibasima | 0.06 |
| मासीम | masima | 0.06 |
| अकाशीम | akasima | 0.06 |
| नाझीमा | najhima | 0.06 |
| कासीम | kasima | 0.06 |
| ेकाशीम | ekasima | 0.06 |
| Qashim in the Hindi language | ||
| काशिम | kasima | 80 |
| कासिम | kasima | 20 |
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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 Qashim
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