Shaman Surname
Approximately 9,798 people bear this surname
Shaman Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Syria | 2,680 | 1:7,202 | 724 |
| Pakistan | 1,798 | 1:99,357 | 3,174 |
| Russia | 1,173 | 1:122,867 | 14,616 |
| Egypt | 854 | 1:107,653 | 8,985 |
| Iran | 719 | 1:106,791 | 10,290 |
| Saudi Arabia | 557 | 1:55,396 | 7,891 |
| India | 345 | 1:2,223,378 | 73,777 |
| United States | 262 | 1:1,383,431 | 95,756 |
| Ukraine | 244 | 1:186,568 | 25,416 |
| Iraq | 236 | 1:148,397 | 3,884 |
| Belarus | 133 | 1:71,437 | 11,615 |
| Afghanistan | 97 | 1:331,476 | 5,083 |
| Australia | 81 | 1:333,280 | 28,364 |
| Kuwait | 77 | 1:49,360 | 5,585 |
| Uzbekistan | 76 | 1:406,962 | 10,029 |
| Kazakhstan | 71 | 1:249,049 | 21,962 |
| Indonesia | 53 | 1:2,495,268 | 147,726 |
| Jordan | 45 | 1:196,499 | 9,419 |
| Nigeria | 43 | 1:4,119,599 | 115,187 |
| Canada | 36 | 1:1,023,489 | 76,466 |
| Mexico | 31 | 1:4,004,071 | 26,265 |
| Malaysia | 24 | 1:1,228,926 | 53,021 |
| Liberia | 18 | 1:244,919 | 15,115 |
| Yemen | 12 | 1:2,202,108 | 13,606 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Maldives | 10 | 1:40,417 | 2,132 |
| Sri Lanka | 9 | 1:2,312,062 | 9,186 |
| Tajikistan | 9 | 1:931,855 | 5,350 |
| Turkmenistan | 9 | 1:609,901 | 4,112 |
| Moldova | 7 | 1:508,767 | 32,975 |
| Lebanon | 7 | 1:805,298 | 15,541 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Transnistria | 6 | 1:79,116 | 10,859 |
| United Arab Emirates | 5 | 1:1,832,455 | 58,414 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Abkhazia | 3 | 1:80,955 | 3,593 |
| Armenia | 3 | 1:976,727 | 13,552 |
| Turkey | 3 | 1:25,940,474 | 162,557 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 2 | 1:2,986,327 | 84,533 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 7 | 1:3,482,196 | 89,582 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 22 | 1:2,282,667 | 111,005 |
Shaman (17,616) may also be a first name.
Shaman Demographics
Average Shaman Salary in
United States
$49,232 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Shaman Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shaman Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shaman (Arabic: شامان, Bengali: শমন, Georgian: შამან, Hindi: शमां, Marathi: शमन, Oriya: ଶମନ, Russian: Шаман, Tibetan: ཤཱ་མཱན་) is found in Syria more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shaman? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 52,262nd most frequent last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 743,779 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 72 percent of Shaman reside; 37 percent reside in West Asia and 30 percent reside in Levant. It is also the 41,457th most prevalent first name internationally It is held by 17,616 people.
The last name Shaman is most frequent in Syria, where it is carried by 2,680 people, or 1 in 7,202. In Syria it is mostly found in: Daraa Governorate, where 28 percent reside, Hama Governorate, where 27 percent reside and Damascus Governorate, where 24 percent reside. Aside from Syria Shaman exists in 66 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 18 percent reside and Russia, where 12 percent reside.
Shaman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Shaman has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Shaman surname expanded 1,191 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 143 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Shaman Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Shaman last name is principally Orthodox (73%) in Russia, Orthodox (89%) in Belarus, Sunni (75%) in Lebanon and Orthodox (81%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Shaman surname are 4.79% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 51.56% registered with the party.
The amount Shaman earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 14.1% more than the national average, earning $49,232 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.76% less than the national average, earning $47,815 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shaman Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shaman in the Georgian language | ||
| შამან | shaman | - |
| Shaman in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཤཱ་མཱན་ | shamen | - |
| Shaman in the Bengali language | ||
| শমন | samana | - |
| Shaman in the Hindi language | ||
| शमां | samam | 81.39 |
| शमाँ | samam | 8.29 |
| शमन | samana | 5.12 |
| शामां | samam | 2.52 |
| शामं | samam | 1.3 |
| शामन | samana | 0.45 |
| शमान | samana | 0.41 |
| शामाँ | samam | 0.08 |
| श्ामां | samam | 0.08 |
| शामान | samana | 0.04 |
| शमंा | samama | 0.04 |
| समन | samana | 0.04 |
| क्षमा | ksama | 0.04 |
| षामान | samana | 0.04 |
| Shaman in the Oriya language | ||
| ଶମନ | samana | 77.78 |
| ଶାମନ | samana | 11.11 |
| ଶମଁା | samama | 11.11 |
| Shaman in the Marathi language | ||
| शमन | samana | 47.22 |
| शामन | samana | 38.43 |
| शमान | samana | 5.09 |
| शामण | samana | 1.39 |
| शामान | samana | 1.39 |
| शमनान | samanana | 0.93 |
| शामं | samam | 0.93 |
| शमां | samam | 0.46 |
| शिमना | simana | 0.46 |
| शालन | salana | 0.46 |
| शमण | samana | 0.46 |
| रामन | ramana | 0.46 |
| शामात | samata | 0.46 |
| Shaman in the Russian language | ||
| Шаман | saman | - |
| Shaman in the Arabic language | ||
| شامان | shaman | - |
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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 Shaman
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