Shamkhani Surname

232,007th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,741 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Shamkhani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shamkhani Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran1,7181:44,6935,099
United States121:30,204,911765,334
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
England11:55,718,059489,080
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

Shamkhani (13) may also be a first name.

Shamkhani Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Shamkhani Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Shamkhani (Russian: Шамхани) is found most frequently in Iran. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Shamkhani? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 232,007th most frequently occurring family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 4,185,839 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Shamkhani are found; 99 percent are found in South Asia and 99 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 3,159,357th most commonly used first name in the world, held by 13 people.

The last name is most commonly held in Iran, where it is borne by 1,718 people, or 1 in 44,693. In Iran it is mostly concentrated in: Hamadan Province, where 40 percent live, Khuzestan Province, where 26 percent live and Tehran Province, where 11 percent live. Outside of Iran Shamkhani exists in 10 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent live and Sweden, where 0 percent live.

Shamkhani Last Name Statistics demography

Shamkhani earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 51.36% more than the national average, earning $65,312 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Shamkhani Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Shamkhani in the Russian language
Шамханиsamhani-

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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 Shamkhani
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