Shahma Surname
Approximately 287 people bear this surname
Shahma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 205 | 1:3,741,782 | 103,944 |
| Maldives | 44 | 1:9,186 | 743 |
| Iran | 21 | 1:3,656,311 | 102,225 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| Yemen | 5 | 1:5,285,059 | 21,214 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
Shahma (501) may also be a first name.
Shahma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shahma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shahma (Dhivehi: ުޝަހްމާ, Hindi: शहमा, Marathi: शहमा) is found most in India. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Shahma click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shahma? popularity and diffusion
The surname Shahma is the 921,780th most commonly used last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 25,392,146 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Shahma reside; 97 percent reside in South Asia and 72 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 378,831st most prevalent first name in the world. It is borne by 501 people.
The surname Shahma is most prevalent in India, where it is carried by 205 people, or 1 in 3,741,782. In India it is primarily found in: Uttar Pradesh, where 79 percent are found, Bihar, where 7 percent are found and Delhi, where 4 percent are found. Without taking into account India this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in The Maldives, where 15 percent are found and Iran, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shahma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shahma in the Dhivehi language | ||
| ުޝަހްމާ | usahma | - |
| Shahma in the Hindi language | ||
| शहमा | sahama | 79.64 |
| शाहमा | sahama | 17.96 |
| शहमॉ | sahamo | 0.6 |
| साहमा | sahama | 0.6 |
| सहमा | sahama | 0.6 |
| शेहमा | sehama | 0.6 |
| Shahma in the Marathi language | ||
| शहमा | sahama | 66.67 |
| शमा | sama | 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 Shahma
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