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 more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shamhoon? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,427,875th most numerous surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. The last name occurs predominantly 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 commonly used first name internationally, borne by 44 people.
It is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 19,682,529. In Nigeria Shamhoon is most common in: Benue, where 100 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 30 percent are found and India, where 20 percent are found.
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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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