Shamoon Surname
Approximately 10,062 people bear this surname
Shamoon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 7,530 | 1:23,724 | 1,276 |
| United States | 1,041 | 1:348,183 | 31,237 |
| Saudi Arabia | 239 | 1:129,104 | 17,726 |
| Sweden | 188 | 1:52,376 | 4,036 |
| Canada | 155 | 1:237,713 | 22,683 |
| Maldives | 137 | 1:2,950 | 294 |
| India | 116 | 1:6,612,633 | 149,434 |
| England | 116 | 1:480,328 | 31,110 |
| United Arab Emirates | 102 | 1:89,826 | 8,037 |
| Israel | 102 | 1:83,898 | 10,034 |
| Australia | 82 | 1:329,216 | 28,102 |
| Kuwait | 77 | 1:49,360 | 5,585 |
| Qatar | 47 | 1:50,170 | 4,949 |
| Iraq | 42 | 1:833,849 | 11,429 |
| Malaysia | 13 | 1:2,268,787 | 89,138 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Sudan | 9 | 1:4,167,799 | 5,799 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Guyana | 5 | 1:152,444 | 9,017 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Jordan | 2 | 1:4,421,218 | 22,351 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
Shamoon (10,954) may also be a first name.
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Shamoon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shamoon Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shamoon (Hindi: शमून, Marathi: शामून) is more commonly found in Pakistan than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of Shamoon click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shamoon? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 50,966th most numerous family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 724,264 people. The last name Shamoon occurs predominantly in Asia, where 84 percent of Shamoon live; 77 percent live in South Asia and 76 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Shamoon is also the 57,673rd most prevalent first name internationally, borne by 10,954 people.
Shamoon is most frequently used in Pakistan, where it is carried by 7,530 people, or 1 in 23,724. In Pakistan Shamoon is most numerous in: Punjab, where 83 percent live, Sindh, where 12 percent live and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 2 percent live. Barring Pakistan this last name occurs in 42 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 10 percent live and Saudi Arabia, where 2 percent live.
Shamoon Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Shamoon surname are 5.98% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 59.21% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Shamoon earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 9.82% more than the national average, earning $47,386 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.48% more than the national average, earning $52,900 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shamoon Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shamoon in the Hindi language | ||
| शमून | samuna | 75.21 |
| शामून | samuna | 21.37 |
| शमऊन | sama'una | 0.85 |
| समून | samuna | 0.85 |
| शमउन | sama'una | 0.85 |
| शमुन | samuna | 0.85 |
| Shamoon in the Marathi language | ||
| शामून | samuna | 46.15 |
| शामुन | samuna | 23.08 |
| शमून | samuna | 23.08 |
| शमुन | samuna | 7.69 |
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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 Shamoon
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