Samshar Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Samshar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Samshar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India181:42,614,743461,117
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

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 also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Samshar? popularity and diffusion

The surname Samshar is the 4,427,875th most prevalent surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 95 percent of Samshar live; 95 percent live in South Asia and 90 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 471,283rd most numerous first name globally. It is borne by 343 people.

The last name Samshar is most widely held in India, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 42,614,743. In India it is most prevalent in: Bihar, where 89 percent live, Telangana, where 6 percent live and West Bengal, where 6 percent live. Besides India it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 5 percent live and The United States, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Samshar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Samshar in the Bengali language
সামশেরsamasera-
Samshar in the Marathi language
समशेरsamasera-
Samshar in the Oriya language
ସମେସରsamesara50
ସମସରsamasara50
Samshar in the Hindi language
समशारsamasara44.44
समशरsamasara22.22
शमशेरsamasera22.22
समशेरsamasera11.11

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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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