Samsher Surname
Approximately 1,506 people bear this surname
Samsher Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 1,500 | 1:511,377 | 25,617 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Samsher (15,293) may also be a first name.
Samsher Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samsher Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Samsher (Bengali: সমশের, Hindi: समशेर, Marathi: समशेर, Oriya: ସମେସର, Tibetan: སམ་ཤར་) occurs more in India more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Samsher.
How Common Is The Last Name Samsher? popularity and diffusion
The last name Samsher is the 260,746th most commonly held last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 4,839,008 people. The surname Samsher is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Samsher live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 99 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 45,767th most common forename world-wide It is held by 15,293 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in India, where it is held by 1,500 people, or 1 in 511,377. In India it is most frequent in: Maharashtra, where 38 percent reside, Bihar, where 34 percent reside and Madhya Pradesh, where 12 percent reside. Other than India this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 0 percent reside and Malaysia, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samsher Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samsher in the Bengali language | ||
| সমশের | samasera | - |
| Samsher in the Marathi language | ||
| समशेर | samasera | 98.38 |
| शमशेर | samasera | 0.5 |
| जमशेर | jamasera | 0.09 |
| समसेर | samasera | 0.07 |
| असमशेर | asamasera | 0.07 |
| समशे | samase | 0.05 |
| रामशेर | ramasera | 0.05 |
| सांशेर | sansera | 0.04 |
| समशीर | samasira | 0.04 |
| संशेर | sansera | 0.04 |
| रमशेर | ramasera | 0.02 |
| शमसेर | samasera | 0.02 |
| साहेब | saheba | 0.02 |
| समशेरा | samasera | 0.02 |
| मसशेर | masasera | 0.02 |
| दमशेर | damasera | 0.02 |
| Samsher in the Hindi language | ||
| समशेर | samasera | 96.23 |
| शमशेर | samasera | 2.14 |
| सम्शेर | samsera | 0.91 |
| शमसेर | samasera | 0.27 |
| सामशेर | samasera | 0.18 |
| समसेर | samasera | 0.14 |
| समशेऱ | samasera | 0.05 |
| Samsher in the Oriya language | ||
| ସମେସର | samesara | 45.71 |
| ସମେଶର | samesara | 22.86 |
| ସମ୍େଶର | samesara | 8.57 |
| ସାମେସର | samesara | 8.57 |
| ସାମେଶର | samesara | 5.71 |
| ସମ୍େଶର୍ | samesar | 5.71 |
| ସମ୍େସର୍ | samesar | 2.86 |
| Samsher in the Tibetan language | ||
| སམ་ཤར་ | samshar | 20 |
| ཤམ་ཤེར་ | shamsher | 20 |
| བསམ་ཤེར་ | samsher | 20 |
| བམས་ཤེར་ | bamsher | 20 |
| སམ་ཤེར་ | samsher | 20 |
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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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- 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 Samsher
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