Sahib Surname
Approximately 89,419 people bear this surname
Sahib Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 53,679 | 1:599 | 79 |
| Pakistan | 18,698 | 1:9,554 | 718 |
| India | 3,180 | 1:241,216 | 14,078 |
| Iran | 2,989 | 1:25,688 | 3,203 |
| Morocco | 2,249 | 1:15,330 | 2,288 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1,232 | 1:25,045 | 3,507 |
| United Arab Emirates | 959 | 1:9,554 | 1,206 |
| Indonesia | 780 | 1:169,550 | 16,448 |
| Iraq | 765 | 1:45,780 | 1,889 |
| Sri Lanka | 731 | 1:28,466 | 3,639 |
| Fiji | 471 | 1:1,899 | 282 |
| South Africa | 465 | 1:116,511 | 13,897 |
| Malaysia | 392 | 1:75,240 | 5,389 |
| Bangladesh | 360 | 1:442,658 | 11,259 |
| Yemen | 283 | 1:93,376 | 5,818 |
| England | 246 | 1:226,496 | 18,955 |
| Algeria | 228 | 1:169,437 | 21,229 |
| Qatar | 215 | 1:10,967 | 1,206 |
| Kuwait | 193 | 1:19,693 | 2,634 |
| United States | 186 | 1:1,948,704 | 125,871 |
| Canada | 171 | 1:215,471 | 20,813 |
| Australia | 134 | 1:201,460 | 19,724 |
| New Zealand | 109 | 1:41,544 | 6,955 |
| Bahrain | 103 | 1:13,093 | 2,472 |
| Nigeria | 88 | 1:2,012,986 | 70,656 |
| Philippines | 81 | 1:1,249,855 | 96,172 |
| Singapore | 56 | 1:98,352 | 4,171 |
| Brazil | 42 | 1:5,097,008 | 130,362 |
| Sweden | 36 | 1:273,521 | 18,976 |
| Guyana | 30 | 1:25,407 | 2,928 |
| Spain | 29 | 1:1,612,139 | 47,760 |
| Azerbaijan | 28 | 1:344,612 | 7,537 |
| Thailand | 22 | 1:3,210,834 | 301,565 |
| Belgium | 22 | 1:522,575 | 50,051 |
| Ireland | 14 | 1:336,353 | 12,021 |
| Niger | 13 | 1:1,476,309 | 30,154 |
| Oman | 11 | 1:335,270 | 4,992 |
| Netherlands | 10 | 1:1,688,718 | 81,846 |
| France | 10 | 1:6,642,272 | 293,169 |
| Germany | 10 | 1:8,050,546 | 248,660 |
| American Samoa | 8 | 1:6,970 | 1,431 |
| Denmark | 7 | 1:806,388 | 43,211 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Mauritius | 5 | 1:258,683 | 8,939 |
| Somalia | 4 | 1:3,363,015 | 5,093 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
Sahib (207,221) may also be a first name.
Sahib Demographics
Average Male Sahib Height
173.47 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Sahib Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sahib Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sahib (Bengali: সাহিব, Georgian: საჰიბ, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺼﺎﺣﺐ, Hindi: साहिब, Marathi: सािहब, Oriya: ସାହିବ, Tibetan: ས་ཧིབ་) is carried by more people in Afghanistan than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sahib? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,319th most widely held surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 81,499 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 95 percent of Sahib live; 89 percent live in South Asia and 85 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 5,035th most common given name internationally, held by 207,221 people.
This last name is most common in Afghanistan, where it is borne by 53,679 people, or 1 in 599. In Afghanistan it is primarily found in: Kabul, where 14 percent live, Balkh, where 6 percent live and Paktika, where 6 percent live. Excluding Afghanistan this surname occurs in 87 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 21 percent live and India, where 4 percent live.
Sahib Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Sahib are 24.55% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 77.78% being registered with the political party.
The amount Sahib earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 43.94% more than the national average, earning R 342,048 per year; in United States they earn 6.94% more than the national average, earning $46,143 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.56% more than the national average, earning $53,936 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sahib Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sahib in the Georgian language | ||
| საჰიბ | sahib | - |
| Sahib in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺼﺎﺣﺐ | alsahb | - |
| Sahib in the Hindi language | ||
| साहिब | sahiba | 91.22 |
| साहीब | sahiba | 2.69 |
| सहिब | sahiba | 2.61 |
| सहीब | sahiba | 2.48 |
| शाहिब | sahiba | 0.28 |
| साहब | sahaba | 0.16 |
| साहिव | sahiva | 0.08 |
| साहिबा | sahiba | 0.08 |
| साहेब | saheba | 0.08 |
| साहिबे | sahibe | 0.04 |
| शाहीब | sahiba | 0.04 |
| साईब | sa'iba | 0.04 |
| साहिब़ | sahiba | 0.04 |
| शहिबा | sahiba | 0.04 |
| Sahib in the Oriya language | ||
| ସାହିବ | sahiba | 84.72 |
| ସହିବ | sahiba | 6.94 |
| ସାହିବ୍ | sahib | 4.17 |
| ସହିବ୍ | sahib | 1.39 |
| ସାହୀବ | sahiba | 1.39 |
| Sahib in the Bengali language | ||
| সাহিব | sahiba | 75 |
| সাহেব | saheba | 25 |
| Sahib in the Marathi language | ||
| सािहब | saihaba | 50.88 |
| साहीब | sahiba | 31.86 |
| सहीब | sahiba | 7.52 |
| साहेब | saheba | 2.21 |
| शहीब | sahiba | 0.88 |
| शफी | saphi | 0.88 |
| शाह | saha | 0.88 |
| शाहु | sahu | 0.44 |
| शाहीब | sahiba | 0.44 |
| Sahib in the Tibetan language | ||
| ས་ཧིབ་ | sahib | 50 |
| ས་ཨིཏ་ | saita | 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
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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 Sahib
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