Shamashah Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Shamashah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 14 | 1:54,790,384 | 527,769 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
Shamashah (167) may also be a first name.
Shamashah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shamashah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shamashah (Hindi: शमशाह, Marathi: शमशह) is found in India more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shamashah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,057,639th most frequently occurring last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Shamashah are found; 93 percent are found in South Asia and 93 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 708,111th most commonly used first name at a global level It is held by 167 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in India, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 54,790,384. In India it is most frequent in: Bihar, where 71 percent live, Uttar Pradesh, where 21 percent live and Maharashtra, where 7 percent live. Apart from India this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Lebanon, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shamashah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shamashah in the Hindi language | ||
| शमशाह | samasaha | 92.86 |
| शामशाह | samasaha | 2.38 |
| शमाशाह | samasaha | 2.38 |
| शमशाद | samasada | 1.19 |
| शमसाह | samasaha | 1.19 |
| Shamashah in the Marathi language | ||
| शमशह | samasaha | 66.67 |
| शमाशह | samasaha | 16.67 |
| शमशाह | samasaha | 16.67 |
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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 Shamashah
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