Sh Surname

6,278th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 90,098 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Sh Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sh Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia69,6661:1,898218
Egypt10,7391:8,5611,047
India4,4861:170,99110,566
Somalia1,6671:8,070618
Iran1,4241:53,9205,931
Malaysia1,0581:27,8772,439
United Arab Emirates5101:17,9652,136
Somaliland2101:16,668804
Taiwan1091:215,0891,834
Iraq731:479,7498,022
Ethiopia361:2,709,6188,935
Syria281:689,3225,843
Yemen251:1,057,01211,599
Nigeria211:8,435,369179,591
China171:80,430,6804,441
Tanzania61:8,823,60272,091
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Afghanistan41:8,038,29630,874
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Liberia21:2,204,26840,131
Algeria21:19,315,77697,017
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Guyana11:762,22114,420
England11:55,718,059489,080
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States171:2,954,040135,915

Sh (20,893) may also be a first name.

Sh Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sh Come From? nationality or country of origin

Sh (Bengali: স্হ্, Hindi: श्, Marathi: शाह, Oriya: ଶ, Russian: Шь) is more frequently found in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sh? popularity and diffusion

Sh is the 6,278th most frequently occurring family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 80,885 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 86 percent of Sh are found; 78 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 78 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Sh is also the 36,601st most prevalent first name at a global level, borne by 20,893 people.

The surname Sh is most widespread in Indonesia, where it is held by 69,666 people, or 1 in 1,898. In Indonesia Sh is most common in: Jakarta, where 21 percent live, North Sumatra, where 15 percent live and Central Java, where 14 percent live. Not including Indonesia this last name exists in 26 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 12 percent live and India, where 5 percent live.

Sh Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Sh has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Sh surname fell 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Sh Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is principally Orthodox (72%) in Ukraine.

Sh earn significantly less than the average income. In Canada they earn 25.19% less than the national average, earning $37,168 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
She80406,704/
Shh802,136/
Sch80908/
Shp80505/
Ssh80405/
Shs80346/
Hsh80258/
Shd80205/
Sph8037/
Sht8036/
Shz8027/
Shj8020/
Sdh8018/
Sjh8017/
Jsh8011/
Zsh8010/
Szh804/
Sxh804/
Shx803/
Xsh802/
S6712,076/
Shsh67995/
Shsp67102/
Sæth6765/
Sőth6744/
Shst6737/
Shth6732/
Shhe6713/
Hssh679/
Shdh679/
Hhsh677/
Hsth677/
Hshh676/
Shch675/
Shsd675/
Shjj674/
Hshs673/
Shhz673/
Shrz673/
Shdd673/
Sjhs673/
Shtt672/
Schs672/
Zsch672/
Shbp672/
Hshe672/
Sshp672/
Shph672/
Shjh672/
Jshd672/
Jshp672/
Hjsh672/
Scht672/
Østh671/
Sjph671/
Shïṿ671/
Søht671/
Shhs671/
Schp671/
Sdjh671/
Schx671/
Schz671/
Schd671/
Rzsh671/
Shxh671/
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Shxz671/
Shzj671/
Shss671/
Shsz671/
Shhd671/
Shhh671/
Shpp671/
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Shce671/
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Sjhd671/
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Stth671/
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Szht671/
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Sh Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sh in the Bengali language
স্হ্s'h-
Sh in the Oriya language
sa-
Sh in the Marathi language
शाहsaha-
Sh in the Hindi language
श्s12.83
श्यामsyama12.4
श्वेताsveta10.01
श्यामलालsyamalala6.57
दानिशdanisa5.95
शर्माsarma5.22
श्यामाsyama4.79
शेse4.17
गुप्ताgupta3.74
दानिdani3.38
रावतravata2.89
कुमारkumara2.03
Sh in the Russian language
Шьs-

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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
  • 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 Sh
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