Shags Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Shags Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Shags (11) may also be a first name.
Shags Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shags Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shags (Hindi: शग्स) is more commonly found in Afghanistan than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shags? popularity and diffusion
The surname Shags is the 8,968,613th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 75 percent of Shags are found; 50 percent are found in South Asia and 25 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 11 people.
This last name is most common in Afghanistan, where it is held by 1 people, or 1 in 32,153,183. In Afghanistan it is mostly found in: Paktika, where 100 percent live. Besides Afghanistan it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in India, where 25 percent live and Israel, where 25 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shags Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shags in the Hindi language | ||
| शग्स | sagsa | - |
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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 Shags
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