Shamhoon Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Shamhoon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
Shamhoon (44) may also be a first name.
Shamhoon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shamhoon Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shamhoon is most common in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Shamhoon click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shamhoon? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,427,875th most commonly held family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 55 percent of Shamhoon reside; 55 percent reside in South Asia and 45 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Shamhoon is also the 1,525,482nd most frequent first name globally, held by 44 people.
Shamhoon is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 19,682,529. In Nigeria it is most common in: Benue, where 100 percent live. Beside Nigeria this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 30 percent live and India, where 20 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 Shamhoon
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