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 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

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

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis