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) is found most in Indonesia. It may occur as a variant: Şahmal. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sahmal? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,691,963rd most frequent surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 62,823,672 people. The surname Sahmal occurs mostly in Asia, where 91 percent of Sahmal reside; 80 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 80 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 420,385th most commonly held forename internationally, borne by 418 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Indonesia, where it is held by 93 people, or 1 in 1,422,034. In Indonesia it is most numerous in: West Nusa Tenggara, where 49 percent reside, North Maluku, where 41 percent reside and Aceh, where 8 percent reside. Not including Indonesia this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 8 percent reside and Pakistan, where 6 percent reside.
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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