Shahnai Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Shahnai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Shahnai (36) may also be a first name.
Shahnai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shahnai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shahnai (Hindi: शहनाई, Marathi: शहनाई) is held by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shahnai? popularity and diffusion
The last name Shahnai is the 6,723,624th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 88 percent of Shahnai live; 88 percent live in South Asia and 75 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,717,090th most commonly held first name worldwide, held by 36 people.
The surname is most frequent in India, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 127,844,230. In India Shahnai is most numerous in: Maharashtra, where 67 percent reside, Bihar, where 17 percent reside and Uttar Pradesh, where 17 percent reside. Aside from India this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 13 percent reside and The United States, where 13 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shahnai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shahnai in the Marathi language | ||
| शहनाई | sahana'i | - |
| Shahnai in the Hindi language | ||
| शहनाई | sahana'i | 80 |
| शाहनी | sahani | 20 |
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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 Shahnai
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