Shachai Surname
Approximately 326 people bear this surname
Shachai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Israel | 315 | 1:27,167 | 3,956 |
| Iran | 7 | 1:10,968,932 | 186,522 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
Shachai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shachai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shachai is most common in Israel. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shachai? popularity and diffusion
It is the 842,714th most commonly occurring family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 22,354,435 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Shachai reside; 97 percent reside in West Asia and 97 percent reside in Judeo-West Asia.
This last name is most commonly used in Israel, where it is held by 315 people, or 1 in 27,167. In Israel Shachai is primarily found in: Haifa District, where 77 percent reside, Northern District, where 20 percent reside and Jerusalem District, where 2 percent reside. Besides Israel it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 2 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Shachai
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