Shahwar Surname
Approximately 1,246 people bear this surname
Shahwar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 822 | 1:217,328 | 5,157 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| India | 103 | 1:7,447,237 | 161,200 |
| Iraq | 58 | 1:603,822 | 9,381 |
| Afghanistan | 44 | 1:730,754 | 7,928 |
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Shahwar (1,277) may also be a first name.
Shahwar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shahwar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shahwar (Hindi: शहवार, Marathi: शहवार, Oriya: ଶହୱାର) is found most in Pakistan. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Shahwar click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shahwar? popularity and diffusion
The last name Shahwar is the 304,156th most numerous family name globally, held by around 1 in 5,848,753 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 96 percent of Shahwar reside; 78 percent reside in South Asia and 70 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 220,641st most prevalent first name at a global level, borne by 1,277 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Pakistan, where it is borne by 822 people, or 1 in 217,328. In Pakistan Shahwar is mostly concentrated in: Punjab, where 61 percent reside, Sindh, where 26 percent reside and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 10 percent reside. Excluding Pakistan this surname is found in 14 countries. It is also found in Saudi Arabia, where 13 percent reside and India, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shahwar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shahwar in the Hindi language | ||
| शहवार | sahavara | 88.89 |
| शाहबार | sahabara | 2.78 |
| शह्वार | sahvara | 2.78 |
| शहवर | sahavara | 2.78 |
| शाहवर | sahavara | 2.78 |
| Shahwar in the Oriya language | ||
| ଶହୱାର | sahawara | 50 |
| ସେହୱାର | sehawara | 33.33 |
| େସୖହୱାର | esahawara | 16.67 |
| Shahwar in the Marathi language | ||
| शहवार | sahavara | 50 |
| शाहवार | sahavara | 25 |
| शःवर | sahvara | 25 |
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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 Shahwar
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