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་) is more commonly found in Afghanistan than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Shamit.
How Common Is The Last Name Shamit? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,168,711th most commonly occurring family name in the world, held by around 1 in 95,888,762 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 93 percent of Shamit live; 62 percent live in South Asia and 58 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 169,988th most numerous given name worldwide It is held by 1,981 people.
The surname Shamit is most widespread in Afghanistan, where it is borne by 39 people, or 1 in 824,441. In Afghanistan Shamit is mostly found in: Khost, where 51 percent are found, Paktia, where 46 percent are found and Nangarhar, where 3 percent are found. Excluding Afghanistan Shamit occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 14 percent are found and Kyrgyzstan, where 9 percent are found.
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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