Shamaj Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Shamaj Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Shamaj (96) may also be a first name.
Shamaj Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shamaj Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shamaj (Hindi: शमाज, Marathi: शामज) is more commonly found in India than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shamaj? popularity and diffusion
The surname Shamaj is the 6,723,624th most frequently occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. Shamaj occurs predominantly in Asia, where 88 percent of Shamaj reside; 63 percent reside in South Asia and 63 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 968,397th most commonly held forename world-wide. It is borne by 96 people.
Shamaj is most common in India, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 153,413,076. In India it is most prevalent in: Uttar Pradesh, where 60 percent reside, Bihar, where 20 percent reside and Kerala, where 20 percent reside. Besides India this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Albania, where 13 percent reside and Oman, where 13 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shamaj Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shamaj in the Hindi language | ||
| शमाज | samaja | 71.43 |
| शामाज | samaja | 28.57 |
| Shamaj in the Marathi language | ||
| शामज | samaja | 68 |
| शमाज | samaja | 16 |
| शामाज | samaja | 8 |
| शमज | samaja | 4 |
| शामल | samala | 4 |
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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 Shamaj
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