Shahirah Surname
Approximately 453 people bear this surname
Shahirah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 426 | 1:69,235 | 5,048 |
| Singapore | 21 | 1:262,272 | 11,611 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
Shahirah (2,242) may also be a first name.
Shahirah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shahirah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shahirah occurs more in Malaysia more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shahirah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 662,685th most frequently used last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 16,087,298 people. The last name Shahirah occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Shahirah live; 99 percent live in Southeast Asia and 94 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Shahirah is also the 157,781st most frequent forename world-wide, held by 2,242 people.
The last name Shahirah is most widely held in Malaysia, where it is borne by 426 people, or 1 in 69,235. In Malaysia Shahirah is most numerous in: Selangor, where 17 percent are found, Johor, where 12 percent are found and Pahang, where 10 percent are found. Aside from Malaysia this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Singapore, where 5 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Shahirah
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