Shajma Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Shajma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 12 | 1:2,679,432 | 17,028 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
Shajma (1,725) may also be a first name.
Shajma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shajma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shajma (Hindi: शाजमा, Marathi: शाजमा) is borne by more people in Afghanistan than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shajma? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,798,600th most commonly used surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. The last name Shajma occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Shajma reside; 85 percent reside in South Asia and 44 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 184,841st most frequently used first name globally. It is borne by 1,725 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Afghanistan, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 2,679,432. In Afghanistan Shajma is primarily concentrated in: Daykundi, where 75 percent reside, Kabul, where 8 percent reside and Khost, where 8 percent reside. Not including Afghanistan it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 41 percent reside and Yemen, where 15 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shajma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shajma in the Marathi language | ||
| शाजमा | sajama | - |
| Shajma in the Hindi language | ||
| शाजमा | sajama | 93.81 |
| शजमा | sajama | 4.85 |
| शाज्मा | sajma | 0.63 |
| शज्मा | sajma | 0.36 |
| साजमा | sajama | 0.09 |
| सजमा | sajama | 0.09 |
| शजमी | sajami | 0.09 |
| शाज़्मा | sazma | 0.09 |
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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 Shajma
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