Sahmal Surname
Approximately 116 people bear this surname
Sahmal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 93 | 1:1,422,034 | 96,891 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Pakistan | 7 | 1:25,520,555 | 84,222 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
The alternate forms: Şahmal (7) are calculated separately.
Sahmal (418) may also be a first name.
Sahmal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sahmal Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sahmal (Arabic: شمل, Hindi: शहमल, Marathi: शामल) occurs most in Indonesia. It can also appear as a variant: Şahmal. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sahmal? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,691,963rd most widely held surname in the world, held by around 1 in 62,823,672 people. Sahmal occurs predominantly in Asia, where 91 percent of Sahmal are found; 80 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 80 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Sahmal is also the 420,385th most frequently held first name world-wide It is held by 418 people.
This surname is most numerous in Indonesia, where it is held by 93 people, or 1 in 1,422,034. In Indonesia Sahmal is most common in: West Nusa Tenggara, where 49 percent live, North Maluku, where 41 percent live and Aceh, where 8 percent live. Barring Indonesia this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 8 percent live and Pakistan, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sahmal Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sahmal in the Marathi language | ||
| शामल | samala | - |
| Sahmal in the Hindi language | ||
| शहमल | sahamala | 33.33 |
| साहमल | sahamala | 33.33 |
| सहमल | sahamala | 33.33 |
| Sahmal in the Arabic language | ||
| شمل | shml | - |
| شمال | shmal | - |
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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 Sahmal
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