Shahame Surname
Approximately 735 people bear this surname
Shahame Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 721 | 1:73,428 | 7,654 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
Shahame (832) may also be a first name.
Shahame Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shahame Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shahame (Hindi: शाहमे, Marathi: शहामे) is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Shahame.
How Common Is The Last Name Shahame? popularity and diffusion
The surname Shahame is the 459,598th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 9,915,028 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Shahame are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 283,108th most frequent first name world-wide. It is borne by 832 people.
This last name is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 721 people, or 1 in 73,428. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Lindi Region, where 41 percent live, Mtwara Region, where 26 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 21 percent live. Not including Tanzania this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 1 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shahame Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shahame in the Hindi language | ||
| शाहमे | sahame | - |
| Shahame in the Marathi language | ||
| शहामे | sahame | - |
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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 Shahame
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