Shamashi Surname
Approximately 155 people bear this surname
Shamashi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 139 | 1:5,518,456 | 133,501 |
| Pakistan | 10 | 1:17,864,388 | 68,137 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Shamashi (127) may also be a first name.
Shamashi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shamashi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shamashi (Hindi: शमशी, Marathi: शमशी) occurs more in India more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shamashi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,403,590th most frequently used surname in the world, held by around 1 in 47,016,425 people. The surname Shamashi occurs mostly in Asia, where 97 percent of Shamashi are found; 97 percent are found in South Asia and 90 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Shamashi is also the 825,494th most frequently held given name at a global level, borne by 127 people.
It is most widely held in India, where it is carried by 139 people, or 1 in 5,518,456. In India it is mostly found in: Bihar, where 73 percent live, Maharashtra, where 14 percent live and Rajasthan, where 10 percent live. Aside from India it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 6 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shamashi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shamashi in the Hindi language | ||
| शमशी | samasi | - |
| Shamashi in the Marathi language | ||
| शमशी | samasi | 36.36 |
| शामशी | samasi | 36.36 |
| शमसी | samasi | 18.18 |
| शमशीीन | samasiina | 9.09 |
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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 Shamashi
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