Shaiv Surname
Approximately 87 people bear this surname
Shaiv Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 82 | 1:9,354,456 | 185,501 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Shaiv (1,562) may also be a first name.
Shaiv Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shaiv Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shaiv (Hindi: शिव, Marathi: शैव) is more commonly found in India than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shaiv? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,007,164th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 83,764,896 people. The last name Shaiv occurs mostly in Asia, where 94 percent of Shaiv live; 94 percent live in South Asia and 94 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Shaiv is also the 195,999th most frequent given name internationally, held by 1,562 people.
This last name is most frequently held in India, where it is carried by 82 people, or 1 in 9,354,456. In India it is primarily concentrated in: Maharashtra, where 49 percent live, Uttarkhand, where 33 percent live and Bihar, where 9 percent live. Apart from India this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 5 percent live and Russia, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shaiv Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shaiv in the Marathi language | ||
| शैव | saiva | - |
| Shaiv in the Hindi language | ||
| शिव | siva | 80.21 |
| शैव | saiva | 16.15 |
| शाईव | sa'iva | 1.04 |
| शाइव | sa'iva | 1.04 |
| शाीव | saiva | 0.52 |
| शईव | sa'iva | 0.52 |
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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 Shaiv
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