Shaher Surname
Approximately 16,882 people bear this surname
Shaher Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yemen | 4,971 | 1:5,316 | 755 |
| Iraq | 4,360 | 1:8,032 | 673 |
| Syria | 3,800 | 1:5,079 | 568 |
| Egypt | 2,166 | 1:42,445 | 4,283 |
| Saudi Arabia | 636 | 1:48,515 | 7,156 |
| Palestine | 335 | 1:13,579 | 2,474 |
| Kuwait | 145 | 1:26,212 | 3,463 |
| India | 94 | 1:8,160,270 | 170,569 |
| United Arab Emirates | 90 | 1:101,803 | 8,801 |
| Malaysia | 65 | 1:453,757 | 23,130 |
| Pakistan | 42 | 1:4,253,426 | 29,680 |
| United States | 31 | 1:11,692,224 | 454,091 |
| Iran | 30 | 1:2,559,417 | 82,750 |
| England | 27 | 1:2,063,632 | 79,942 |
| Jordan | 17 | 1:520,143 | 13,397 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Sweden | 14 | 1:703,340 | 52,204 |
| Tunisia | 10 | 1:61,063 | 7,682 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
Shaher (27,024) may also be a first name.
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Shaher Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shaher Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shaher (Bengali: শাহের, Hindi: शहेर, Marathi: शहेर, Oriya: ଶେହର) occurs most in Yemen. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shaher? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 31,618th most frequent last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 431,676 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 87 percent of Shaher reside; 85 percent reside in West Asia and 50 percent reside in Levant. It is also the 30,188th most frequently used given name throughout the world, borne by 27,024 people.
This last name is most common in Yemen, where it is carried by 4,971 people, or 1 in 5,316. In Yemen Shaher is most frequent in: Taiz Governorate, where 50 percent reside, Al Hudaydah Governorate, where 23 percent reside and Sana'a Governorate, where 9 percent reside. Other than Yemen this surname exists in 34 countries. It is also found in Iraq, where 26 percent reside and Syria, where 23 percent reside.
Shaher Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Shaher are 5.1% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 58.33% being registered with the party.
Shaher earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 52.96% more than the national average, earning $66,000 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shaher Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shaher in the Bengali language | ||
| শাহের | sahera | - |
| Shaher in the Oriya language | ||
| ଶେହର | sehara | - |
| Shaher in the Hindi language | ||
| शहेर | sahera | 88.08 |
| शहर | sahara | 8.81 |
| शाहेर | sahera | 2.07 |
| शाहिर | sahira | 0.52 |
| शहीर | sahira | 0.52 |
| Shaher in the Marathi language | ||
| शहेर | sahera | 45.39 |
| शाहेर | sahera | 40.79 |
| शहर | sahara | 5.26 |
| शहएर | saha'era | 1.32 |
| शेखर | sekhara | 1.32 |
| सहेर | sahera | 0.66 |
| शाहीर | sahira | 0.66 |
| राहेर | rahera | 0.66 |
| सहाहेर | sahahera | 0.66 |
| मोशाहेर | mosahera | 0.66 |
| सहर | sahara | 0.66 |
| शहेब | saheba | 0.66 |
| साहेर | sahera | 0.66 |
| साहेद | saheda | 0.66 |
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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 Shaher
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