Shais Surname
Approximately 153 people bear this surname
Shais Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 109 | 1:1,638,935 | 17,168 |
| Afghanistan | 20 | 1:1,607,659 | 12,727 |
| India | 17 | 1:45,121,493 | 474,784 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Shais (320) may also be a first name.
Shais Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shais Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shais (Hindi: शाईस्ता, Marathi: शाईस) is more commonly found in Pakistan than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Shais.
How Common Is The Last Name Shais? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,415,499th most frequently occurring family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 47,631,019 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 95 percent of Shais live; 95 percent live in South Asia and 84 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Shais is also the 490,671st most frequent first name at a global level. It is borne by 320 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Pakistan, where it is held by 109 people, or 1 in 1,638,935. In Pakistan Shais is most prevalent in: Punjab, where 60 percent live, Sindh, where 22 percent live and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 9 percent live. Outside of Pakistan Shais exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Afghanistan, where 13 percent live and India, where 11 percent live.
Shais Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Shais has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name declined 40 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shais Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shais in the Marathi language | ||
| शाईस | sa'isa | 75 |
| सै | sai | 8.33 |
| शैस | saisa | 8.33 |
| शाइस | sa'isa | 8.33 |
| Shais in the Hindi language | ||
| शाईस्ता | sa'ista | 26.92 |
| शैस | saisa | 23.08 |
| शाइस्ता | sa'ista | 11.54 |
| शाइस | sa'isa | 7.69 |
| शईस | sa'isa | 7.69 |
| शाईस | sa'isa | 7.69 |
| शाइस् | sa'is | 3.85 |
| शाईस् | sa'is | 3.85 |
| शैस् | sais | 3.85 |
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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 Shais
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