Shahzai Surname
Approximately 529 people bear this surname
Shahzai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 501 | 1:153,259 | 13,381 |
| Pakistan | 18 | 1:9,924,660 | 48,309 |
| Afghanistan | 10 | 1:3,215,318 | 18,974 |
Shahzai (61) may also be a first name.
Shahzai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shahzai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shahzai is carried by more people in Iran than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Shahzai.
How Common Is The Last Name Shahzai? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 590,101st most common surname on earth, held by around 1 in 13,776,079 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Shahzai reside; 100 percent reside in South Asia and 100 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Shahzai is also the 1,257,960th most commonly used given name in the world, borne by 61 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Iran, where it is held by 501 people, or 1 in 153,259. In Iran it is most numerous in: Sistan and Baluchestan Province, where 61 percent reside, Golestan Province, where 16 percent reside and Tehran Province, where 9 percent reside. Aside from Iran this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 3 percent reside and Afghanistan, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Shahzai
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