Shahiri Surname
Approximately 877 people bear this surname
Shahiri Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 773 | 1:99,331 | 9,752 |
| Malaysia | 56 | 1:526,683 | 26,095 |
| India | 21 | 1:36,526,923 | 420,161 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Albania | 3 | 1:971,352 | 22,477 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Shahiri (89) may also be a first name.
Shahiri Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shahiri Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shahiri (Hindi: शाहिरी, Marathi: शहरी) is borne by more people in Iran than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shahiri? popularity and diffusion
The surname Shahiri is the 400,713th most numerous surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 8,309,630 people. Shahiri occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Shahiri are found; 91 percent are found in South Asia and 88 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Shahiri is also the 1,011,231st most common first name world-wide. It is borne by 89 people.
The surname Shahiri is most frequently occurring in Iran, where it is carried by 773 people, or 1 in 99,331. In Iran Shahiri is most numerous in: Razavi Khorasan Province, where 17 percent live, East Azerbaijan Province, where 16 percent live and West Azerbaijan Province, where 16 percent live. Excluding Iran this surname occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 6 percent live and India, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shahiri Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shahiri in the Marathi language | ||
| शहरी | sahari | 40 |
| शािहरी | saihari | 30 |
| शहीरी | sahiri | 20 |
| शाहीरी | sahiri | 10 |
| Shahiri in the Hindi language | ||
| शाहिरी | sahiri | 33.33 |
| शहिरी | sahiri | 33.33 |
| शाहीृ | sahir | 33.33 |
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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 Shahiri
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