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
Samsher (Bengali: সমশের, Hindi: समशेर, Marathi: समशेर, Oriya: ସମେସର, Tibetan: སམ་ཤར་) occurs in India more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samsher? popularity and diffusion
It is the 260,746th most commonly held surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 4,839,008 people. This surname is mostly 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 frequent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 15,293 people.
The last name Samsher is most common in India, where it is carried by 1,500 people, or 1 in 511,377. In India it is most numerous in: Maharashtra, where 38 percent reside, Bihar, where 34 percent reside and Madhya Pradesh, where 12 percent reside. Besides India this surname exists 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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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Samsher
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