Shabah Surname
Approximately 1,006 people bear this surname
Shabah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 444 | 1:38,557 | 5,632 |
| Egypt | 305 | 1:301,429 | 19,796 |
| Iraq | 79 | 1:443,312 | 7,666 |
| Pakistan | 28 | 1:6,380,139 | 37,476 |
| Afghanistan | 21 | 1:1,531,104 | 12,360 |
| Yemen | 19 | 1:1,390,805 | 12,068 |
| Indonesia | 17 | 1:7,779,364 | 314,803 |
| Tunisia | 16 | 1:38,164 | 5,464 |
| India | 15 | 1:51,137,692 | 512,385 |
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| Maldives | 8 | 1:50,522 | 2,455 |
| Jordan | 7 | 1:1,263,205 | 16,935 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
Shabah (255) may also be a first name.
Shabah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shabah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shabah (Hindi: शबाह, Marathi: शबाह) is held by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shabah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 360,039th most prevalent family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 7,244,081 people. The last name Shabah occurs mostly in Africa, where 78 percent of Shabah reside; 44 percent reside in Southern Africa and 44 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 557,860th most frequently used given name globally, held by 255 people.
The surname Shabah is most common in Malawi, where it is carried by 444 people, or 1 in 38,557. Without taking into account Malawi Shabah exists in 25 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 30 percent live and Iraq, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shabah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shabah in the Marathi language | ||
| शबाह | sabaha | - |
| Shabah in the Hindi language | ||
| शबाह | sabaha | 85.71 |
| शबह | sabaha | 7.14 |
| शाबाह | sabaha | 7.14 |
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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 Shabah
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