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 last name Qashim (Hindi: काशिम, Marathi: काशीम) has its highest incidence in Syria. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Qashim.
How Common Is The Last Name Qashim? popularity and diffusion
Qashim is the 388,780th most frequent last name globally, held by around 1 in 7,990,730 people. The surname Qashim occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Qashim reside; 89 percent reside in West Asia and 87 percent reside in Levant. It is also the 304,274th most frequently used first name in the world, borne by 733 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Syria, where it is borne by 570 people, or 1 in 33,861. In Syria Qashim is mostly found in: Homs Governorate, where 100 percent reside and Al-Hasakah Governorate, where 0 percent reside. Beside Syria this last name is found in 8 countries. It also occurs 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
- 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 Qashim
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