Ramshar Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Ramshar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ramshar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

Ramshar (41) may also be a first name.

Ramshar Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ramshar Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Ramshar (Hindi: रामशर, Marathi: रामशनराव) is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ramshar? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ramshar is the 6,063,924th most frequently used family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 80 percent of Ramshar are found; 80 percent are found in Southern Africa and 80 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Ramshar is also the 1,590,275th most frequently occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 41 people.

This last name is most frequent in South Africa, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 6,772,213. In South Africa Ramshar is most frequent in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 100 percent are found. Without taking into account South Africa this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in India, where 20 percent are found.

Ramshar Last Name Statistics demography

Ramshar earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 56.55% less than the national average, earning R 103,248 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Ramshar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ramshar in the Marathi language
रामशनरावramasanarava50
रामशेरramasera50
Ramshar in the Hindi language
रामशरramasara44.44
रामसेरramasera11.11
रामसहारramasahara11.11
रामश्रयramasraya11.11
रामशारramasara11.11
रामशरनramasarana11.11

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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 Ramshar
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