Shajab Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Shajab Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Shajab (27) may also be a first name.
Shajab Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shajab Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shajab (Hindi: शाहजेब, Marathi: शाजाब) is most common in India. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shajab? popularity and diffusion
Shajab is the 7,117,718th most frequently held family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname Shajab is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Shajab live; 86 percent live in South Asia and 86 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Shajab is also the 2,036,353rd most frequently occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 27 people.
It is most widely held in India, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 127,844,230. In India Shajab is most common in: Uttar Pradesh, where 50 percent are found, Bihar, where 17 percent are found and Delhi, where 17 percent are found. Beside India this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Yemen, where 14 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shajab Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shajab in the Marathi language | ||
| शाजाब | sajaba | 60 |
| शाजब | sajaba | 20 |
| शोहरब | soharaba | 20 |
| Shajab in the Hindi language | ||
| शाहजेब | sahajeba | 22.22 |
| शाजाब | sajaba | 22.22 |
| शजाब | sajaba | 22.22 |
| शाजब | sajaba | 11.11 |
| साहजेब | sahajeba | 11.11 |
| शाहजेव | sahajeva | 11.11 |
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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 Shajab
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