Shamiri Surname
Approximately 1,285 people bear this surname
Shamiri Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 1,016 | 1:75,573 | 7,812 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Pakistan | 16 | 1:11,165,243 | 51,703 |
| Tanzania | 11 | 1:4,812,874 | 55,358 |
| Afghanistan | 11 | 1:2,923,017 | 17,932 |
| Yemen | 10 | 1:2,642,529 | 14,606 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Shamiri (1,032) may also be a first name.
Shamiri Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shamiri Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shamiri (Georgian: შამირი, Hindi: शमीरी, Russian: Шамири) occurs more in Iran more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shamiri? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 296,768th most widespread family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 5,671,242 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Shamiri live; 81 percent live in South Asia and 81 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Shamiri is also the 249,711th most frequent first name worldwide. It is borne by 1,032 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Iran, where it is borne by 1,016 people, or 1 in 75,573. In Iran Shamiri is most prevalent in: Khuzestan Province, where 38 percent live, Razavi Khorasan Province, where 11 percent live and Qom Province, where 9 percent live. Outside of Iran this last name exists in 17 countries. It is also found in Saudi Arabia, where 15 percent live and Pakistan, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shamiri Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shamiri in the Georgian language | ||
| შამირი | shamiri | - |
| Shamiri in the Hindi language | ||
| शमीरी | samiri | 76.47 |
| शमिरी | samiri | 23.53 |
| Shamiri in the Russian language | ||
| Шамири | samiri | - |
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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
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- 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 Shamiri
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