Shamir Surname
Approximately 6,596 people bear this surname
Shamir Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 1,802 | 1:88,433 | 3,976 |
| Afghanistan | 1,539 | 1:20,892 | 1,054 |
| India | 985 | 1:778,747 | 35,178 |
| Pakistan | 409 | 1:436,782 | 7,943 |
| United States | 364 | 1:995,766 | 73,638 |
| Syria | 301 | 1:64,123 | 2,924 |
| Thailand | 294 | 1:240,266 | 40,747 |
| United Arab Emirates | 164 | 1:55,868 | 5,445 |
| Iraq | 115 | 1:304,536 | 6,054 |
| Iran | 110 | 1:698,023 | 36,723 |
| Malaysia | 74 | 1:398,571 | 20,802 |
| Canada | 61 | 1:604,026 | 49,778 |
| Qatar | 41 | 1:57,512 | 5,907 |
| England | 39 | 1:1,428,668 | 62,556 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| Singapore | 21 | 1:262,272 | 11,611 |
| Israel | 19 | 1:450,402 | 34,739 |
| Netherlands | 15 | 1:1,125,812 | 68,885 |
| Australia | 14 | 1:1,928,264 | 88,951 |
| Maldives | 14 | 1:28,869 | 1,682 |
| Denmark | 12 | 1:470,393 | 30,183 |
| Russia | 12 | 1:12,010,255 | 361,204 |
| France | 12 | 1:5,535,227 | 269,324 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Italy | 6 | 1:10,192,781 | 121,657 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 5 | 1:1,194,531 | 65,188 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Guyana | 4 | 1:190,555 | 9,777 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 1:112,659 | 1,704 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Shamir (14,078) may also be a first name.
Shamir Demographics
Average Shamir Salary in
United States
$57,208 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Shamir Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shamir Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shamir (Arabic: شامير, Bengali: শামীর, Georgian: შამირ, Hindi: शमीर, Marathi: शामीर, Oriya: ଶମିର, Russian: Шамир) occurs more in Bangladesh more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Shamir.
How Common Is The Last Name Shamir? popularity and diffusion
Shamir is the 74,548th most commonly held surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 1,104,843 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 90 percent of Shamir live; 74 percent live in South Asia and 59 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 48,434th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 14,078 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Bangladesh, where it is borne by 1,802 people, or 1 in 88,433. Outside of Bangladesh Shamir occurs in 78 countries. It is also common in Afghanistan, where 23 percent live and India, where 15 percent live.
Shamir Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Shamir last name are 36.51% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 89.74% registered with the party.
The amount Shamir earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 74.02% less than the national average, earning R 61,740 per year; in United States they earn 32.58% more than the national average, earning $57,208 USD per year and in Canada they earn 125.32% more than the national average, earning $111,944 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shamir Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shamir in the Georgian language | ||
| შამირ | shamir | - |
| Shamir in the Hindi language | ||
| शमीर | samira | 85.29 |
| शामीर | samira | 6.92 |
| शामिर | samira | 5.31 |
| शमिर | samira | 1.61 |
| समीर | samira | 0.4 |
| शमीर् | samir | 0.2 |
| शाबिर | sabira | 0.07 |
| शम्मी | sam'mi | 0.07 |
| Shamir in the Oriya language | ||
| ଶମିର | samira | 68.27 |
| ଶମୀର | samira | 25 |
| ସମିହ୍ | samih | 0.96 |
| ଶମିରର | samirara | 0.96 |
| ଷମିର | samira | 0.96 |
| ଶାମିର | samira | 0.96 |
| ସମୀର | samira | 0.96 |
| ଶମିର୍ | samir | 0.96 |
| Shamir in the Marathi language | ||
| शामीर | samira | 57.69 |
| शमीर | samira | 20.88 |
| शािमर | saimara | 13.55 |
| समीर | samira | 1.83 |
| हमीद | hamida | 0.73 |
| अमीर | amira | 0.55 |
| अंबीर | ambira | 0.37 |
| शहारे | sahare | 0.37 |
| शाहमीर | sahamira | 0.18 |
| जमीर | jamira | 0.18 |
| शहमीर | sahamira | 0.18 |
| सामीर | samira | 0.18 |
| रहमी | rahami | 0.18 |
| शामीराउ | samira'u | 0.18 |
| गमीर | gamira | 0.18 |
| शमीराक | samiraka | 0.18 |
| शािहर | saihara | 0.18 |
| शमीम | samima | 0.18 |
| फकीर | phakira | 0.18 |
| शबीर | sabira | 0.18 |
| Shamir in the Bengali language | ||
| শামীর | samira | 50 |
| সমীর | samira | 50 |
| Shamir in the Russian language | ||
| Шамир | samir | - |
| Shamir in the Arabic language | ||
| شامير | shamyr | - |
| شمير | shmyr | - |
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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 Shamir
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