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
Shamaiah is most common in India. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shamaiah? popularity and diffusion
Shamaiah is the 2,106,139th most widely held last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 91,094,324 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Shamaiah reside; 96 percent reside in South Asia and 96 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 472,030th most prevalent forename worldwide, held by 342 people.
The surname is most commonly held in India, where it is borne by 77 people, or 1 in 9,961,888. In India it is most common in: Telangana, where 86 percent are found, Karnataka, where 10 percent are found and Andhra Pradesh, where 1 percent are found. Without taking into account India this last name exists 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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