Samshah Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Samshah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 14 | 1:5,484,466 | 128,255 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
Samshah (32) may also be a first name.
Samshah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samshah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Samshah (Hindi: समशाह, Marathi: समशाह) is held by more people in Iran than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Samshah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samshah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,908,606th most frequent family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. The surname Samshah occurs predominantly in Asia, where 94 percent of Samshah live; 94 percent live in South Asia and 88 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Samshah is also the 1,840,253rd most commonly used first name in the world, borne by 32 people.
Samshah is most numerous in Iran, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 5,484,466. In Iran it is mostly found in: Razavi Khorasan Province, where 100 percent reside. Other than Iran Samshah is found in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 6 percent reside and Ukraine, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samshah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samshah in the Hindi language | ||
| समशाह | samasaha | - |
| Samshah in the Marathi language | ||
| समशाह | samasaha | 50 |
| समशह | samasaha | 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 Samshah
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