Shamsah Surname
Approximately 229 people bear this surname
Shamsah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 140 | 1:1,276,028 | 14,885 |
| Kuwait | 48 | 1:79,181 | 9,331 |
| Iran | 29 | 1:2,647,673 | 84,414 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Shamsah (15,072) may also be a first name.
Shamsah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shamsah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shamsah (Hindi: शमसाह, Marathi: शमशाह) is carried by more people in Pakistan than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Shamsah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shamsah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Shamsah is the 1,079,669th most frequent family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 31,823,345 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 96 percent of Shamsah are found; 74 percent are found in South Asia and 74 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Shamsah is also the 46,242nd most commonly held first name worldwide. It is borne by 15,072 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Pakistan, where it is held by 140 people, or 1 in 1,276,028. In Pakistan it is most common in: Punjab, where 48 percent live, Sindh, where 31 percent live and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 10 percent live. Aside from Pakistan this surname exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Kuwait, where 21 percent live and Iran, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shamsah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shamsah in the Hindi language | ||
| शमसाह | samasaha | 66.67 |
| शम्साह | samsaha | 33.33 |
| Shamsah in the Marathi language | ||
| शमशाह | samasaha | 33.33 |
| संमसाह | sammasaha | 33.33 |
| शामसाह | samasaha | 33.33 |
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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 Shamsah
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