Shamau Surname
Approximately 239 people bear this surname
Shamau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 204 | 1:3,760,124 | 104,250 |
| Nigeria | 33 | 1:5,367,962 | 136,856 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
Shamau (1,333) may also be a first name.
Shamau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shamau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shamau (Hindi: शमौ, Marathi: शमौ) occurs most in India. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shamau? popularity and diffusion
Shamau is the 1,048,281st most frequently used surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 30,491,824 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 86 percent of Shamau are found; 86 percent are found in South Asia and 85 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 215,140th most frequent forename throughout the world, held by 1,333 people.
The surname Shamau is most widely held in India, where it is held by 204 people, or 1 in 3,760,124. In India Shamau is primarily found in: Uttar Pradesh, where 65 percent live, Jharkhand, where 11 percent live and Bihar, where 8 percent live. Aside from India this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 14 percent live and Afghanistan, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shamau Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shamau in the Marathi language | ||
| शमौ | samau | - |
| Shamau in the Hindi language | ||
| शमौ | samau | 91.15 |
| शमाू | samau | 3.54 |
| शामौ | samau | 1.77 |
| शमा़ऊ | samau | 0.88 |
| श्ामौ | samau | 0.88 |
| शमउ | sama'u | 0.88 |
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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 Shamau
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