Shahidah Surname
Approximately 1,690 people bear this surname
Shahidah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 1,315 | 1:135,851 | 3,829 |
| Egypt | 183 | 1:502,381 | 28,715 |
| Malaysia | 96 | 1:307,232 | 16,754 |
| Indonesia | 45 | 1:2,938,871 | 165,726 |
| Singapore | 43 | 1:128,086 | 5,748 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
Shahidah (52,471) may also be a first name.
Shahidah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shahidah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shahidah (Hindi: शाहिदह) occurs in Pakistan more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shahidah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 237,488th most numerous last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 4,312,157 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 89 percent of Shahidah live; 78 percent live in South Asia and 78 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 17,753rd most commonly held first name world-wide It is held by 52,471 people.
Shahidah is most commonly used in Pakistan, where it is borne by 1,315 people, or 1 in 135,851. In Pakistan it is most prevalent in: Sindh, where 73 percent are found, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 10 percent are found and Balochistan, where 9 percent are found. Outside of Pakistan this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 11 percent are found and Malaysia, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shahidah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shahidah in the Hindi language | ||
| शाहिदह | sahidaha | 50 |
| शहिदह | sahidaha | 50 |
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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 Shahidah
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