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 last name Shajma (Hindi: शाजमा, Marathi: शाजमा) is found most in Afghanistan. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shajma? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,798,600th most frequent last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. Shajma is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Shajma live; 85 percent live in South Asia and 44 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Shajma is also the 184,841st most prevalent first name at a global level, borne by 1,725 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Afghanistan, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 2,679,432. In Afghanistan it is most prevalent in: Daykundi, where 75 percent live, Kabul, where 8 percent live and Khost, where 8 percent live. Aside from Afghanistan this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 41 percent live and Yemen, where 15 percent live.
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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