Samshar Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Samshar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 18 | 1:42,614,743 | 461,117 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Samshar (343) may also be a first name.
Samshar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samshar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Samshar (Bengali: সামশের, Hindi: समशार, Marathi: समशेर, Oriya: ସମେସର) is found most frequently in India. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Samshar? popularity and diffusion
Samshar is the 4,427,875th most commonly occurring family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. The last name Samshar is mostly found in Asia, where 95 percent of Samshar are found; 95 percent are found in South Asia and 90 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Samshar is also the 471,283rd most prevalent first name throughout the world, borne by 343 people.
The surname Samshar is most widespread in India, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 42,614,743. In India Samshar is mostly found in: Bihar, where 89 percent are found, Telangana, where 6 percent are found and West Bengal, where 6 percent are found. Other than India this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 5 percent are found and The United States, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samshar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samshar in the Bengali language | ||
| সামশের | samasera | - |
| Samshar in the Marathi language | ||
| समशेर | samasera | - |
| Samshar in the Oriya language | ||
| ସମେସର | samesara | 50 |
| ସମସର | samasara | 50 |
| Samshar in the Hindi language | ||
| समशार | samasara | 44.44 |
| समशर | samasara | 22.22 |
| शमशेर | samasera | 22.22 |
| समशेर | samasera | 11.11 |
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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 Samshar
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