Shahesta Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Egypt

Shahesta Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Shahesta Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India61:127,844,230863,365
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737

Shahesta (549) may also be a first name.

Shahesta Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Shahesta Come From? nationality or country of origin

Shahesta (Hindi: शाहेस्ता, Marathi: शाहे) is more frequently found in India than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Shahesta? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 7,117,718th most frequent last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 86 percent of Shahesta are found; 86 percent are found in South Asia and 86 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Shahesta is also the 359,531st most widely held first name internationally It is held by 549 people.

Shahesta is most commonly occurring in India, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 127,844,230. In India Shahesta is most frequent in: Maharashtra, where 83 percent live and Telangana, where 17 percent live. Excluding India this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Egypt, where 14 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shahestha943/
Shaesta9326/
Sahesta9316/
Shahista88551/
Shaeesta886/
Shaeysta881/
Shaestta881/
Shaestha881/
Saesta8611/
Shahistha8214/
Shahishta825/
Sshahista821/
Sahista80138/
Saestad8031/
Saestaa801/
Sayiesta751/
Saahista751/
Saiyesta751/
Sahishta502/
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Shahesta Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Shahesta in the Marathi language
शाहेsahe81.82
शहेsahe13.64
शाहीसताsahisata2.27
शाहेसताsahesata2.27
Shahesta in the Hindi language
शाहेस्ताsahesta27.27
शाहिस्ताsahista27.27
साईस्ताsa'ista9.09
शाहइस्ताsaha'ista9.09
शाहीस्ताsahista9.09
साहिस्ताsahista9.09
शाहिसताsahisata9.09

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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 Shahesta
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