Shamit Surname
Approximately 76 people bear this surname
Shamit Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 39 | 1:824,441 | 8,487 |
| Russia | 11 | 1:13,102,096 | 377,010 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 7 | 1:853,236 | 52,732 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Shamit (1,981) may also be a first name.
Shamit Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shamit Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shamit (Bengali: শমিত, Hindi: शमित, Marathi: शमीत, Oriya: ଶମିତ, Russian: Шамит, Tibetan: ཤ་མིཏ་) occurs in Afghanistan more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shamit? popularity and diffusion
The surname Shamit is the 2,168,711th most commonly used surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 95,888,762 people. The last name Shamit occurs mostly in Asia, where 93 percent of Shamit live; 62 percent live in South Asia and 58 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Shamit is also the 169,988th most widely held first name at a global level. It is borne by 1,981 people.
Shamit is most prevalent in Afghanistan, where it is carried by 39 people, or 1 in 824,441. In Afghanistan Shamit is mostly concentrated in: Khost, where 51 percent live, Paktia, where 46 percent live and Nangarhar, where 3 percent live. Excluding Afghanistan this last name exists in 12 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 14 percent live and Kyrgyzstan, where 9 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shamit Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shamit in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཤ་མིཏ་ | shamita | - |
| Shamit in the Oriya language | ||
| ଶମିତ | samita | - |
| Shamit in the Marathi language | ||
| शमीत | samita | 69.44 |
| शािमत | saimata | 16.67 |
| शामीत | samita | 2.78 |
| शमीम | samima | 2.78 |
| सै | sai | 2.78 |
| शमीताक | samitaka | 2.78 |
| शामीर | samira | 2.78 |
| Shamit in the Hindi language | ||
| शमित | samita | 60 |
| शामित | samita | 27.27 |
| शमीत | samita | 9.09 |
| शामित् | samit | 1.82 |
| शामीत | samita | 1.82 |
| Shamit in the Bengali language | ||
| শমিত | samita | 50 |
| শামিত | samita | 50 |
| Shamit in the Russian language | ||
| Шамит | samit | - |
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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 Shamit
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