Shamaiah Surname
Approximately 80 people bear this surname
Shamaiah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 77 | 1:9,961,888 | 192,972 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 1:112,659 | 1,704 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Shamaiah (342) may also be a first name.
Shamaiah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shamaiah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shamaiah is found most frequently in India. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shamaiah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,106,139th most commonly held surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 91,094,324 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Shamaiah reside; 96 percent reside in South Asia and 96 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Shamaiah is also the 472,030th most frequently occurring given name throughout the world. It is borne by 342 people.
The surname Shamaiah is most widely held in India, where it is borne by 77 people, or 1 in 9,961,888. In India it is primarily concentrated in: Telangana, where 86 percent are found, Karnataka, where 10 percent are found and Andhra Pradesh, where 1 percent are found. Excluding India it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, where 1 percent are found and Singapore, where 1 percent are found.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Shamaiah
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