Sahira Surname
Approximately 1,300 people bear this surname
Sahira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 583 | 1:306,422 | 6,385 |
| Indonesia | 319 | 1:414,574 | 34,944 |
| India | 264 | 1:2,905,551 | 88,094 |
| Malaysia | 75 | 1:393,256 | 20,576 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Maldives | 3 | 1:134,724 | 4,057 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Sahira (36,482) may also be a first name.
Sahira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sahira Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sahira (Arabic: ساهرة, Bengali: সাহিরা, Hindi: साहिरा, Marathi: सािहरा, Oriya: ସାହିରା) has its highest incidence in Pakistan. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sahira? popularity and diffusion
Sahira is the 293,736th most numerous surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 5,605,805 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Sahira live; 66 percent live in South Asia and 46 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 23,942nd most frequently occurring given name throughout the world It is held by 36,482 people.
The surname Sahira is most frequent in Pakistan, where it is held by 583 people, or 1 in 306,422. In Pakistan it is most common in: Sindh, where 39 percent are found, Balochistan, where 29 percent are found and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 20 percent are found. Apart from Pakistan Sahira exists in 25 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 25 percent are found and India, where 20 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sahira Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sahira in the Bengali language | ||
| সাহিরা | sahira | - |
| Sahira in the Hindi language | ||
| साहिरा | sahira | 85.67 |
| सहीरा | sahira | 6.97 |
| साहीरा | sahira | 3.75 |
| सहिरा | sahira | 3.3 |
| शाहिरा | sahira | 0.21 |
| सायरा | sayara | 0.03 |
| शायरा | sayara | 0.03 |
| साबिरा | sabira | 0.03 |
| Sahira in the Oriya language | ||
| ସାହିରା | sahira | 69.86 |
| ସହିରା | sahira | 21.92 |
| ଶାହିରା | sahira | 2.74 |
| ସାହୀରା | sahira | 1.37 |
| ପଧାନ | padhana | 1.37 |
| ସାଏରା | sa'era | 1.37 |
| ସାେହରା | saehara | 1.37 |
| Sahira in the Marathi language | ||
| सािहरा | saihara | 48.46 |
| साहीरा | sahira | 33.05 |
| सहीरा | sahira | 7.56 |
| सािहर | saihara | 1.4 |
| ताहीर | tahira | 0.84 |
| समीर | samira | 0.56 |
| आिरफ | airapha | 0.56 |
| साहेरा | sahera | 0.56 |
| फिरद | phirada | 0.56 |
| साहीश | sahisa | 0.28 |
| सैयद | saiyada | 0.28 |
| जाहीरा | jahira | 0.28 |
| सािबल | saibala | 0.28 |
| इसहाक | isahaka | 0.28 |
| सािदक | saidaka | 0.28 |
| िसराज | isaraja | 0.28 |
| शबीर | sabira | 0.28 |
| शािबर | saibara | 0.28 |
| िशराज | isaraja | 0.28 |
| सारत | sarata | 0.28 |
| अिरफ | airapha | 0.28 |
| शाहीरा | sahira | 0.28 |
| Sahira in the Arabic language | ||
| ساهرة | sahrt | - |
| ساهره | sahrh | - |
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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
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- 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 Sahira
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