Shamhan Surname
Approximately 1,561 people bear this surname
Shamhan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yemen | 1,533 | 1:17,238 | 1,888 |
| Russia | 12 | 1:12,010,255 | 361,204 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Shamhan (223) may also be a first name.
Shamhan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shamhan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shamhan is most common in Yemen. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shamhan? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 253,301st most frequently used surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 4,668,511 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Shamhan reside; 99 percent reside in West Asia and 98 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula. It is also the 603,623rd most frequently held given name globally, held by 223 people.
The surname Shamhan is most frequently used in Yemen, where it is held by 1,533 people, or 1 in 17,238. In Yemen Shamhan is mostly concentrated in: Ibb Governorate, where 30 percent live, Hajjah Governorate, where 20 percent live and Sa'dah Governorate, where 16 percent live. Excluding Yemen it occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 1 percent live and Egypt, where 0 percent live.
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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 Shamhan
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