Shamseh Surname
Approximately 1,165 people bear this surname
Shamseh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 1,160 | 1:66,192 | 6,975 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Shamseh (1,992) may also be a first name.
Shamseh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shamseh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shamseh is borne by more people in Iran than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Shamseh? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 320,709th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 6,255,404 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Shamseh are found; 100 percent are found in South Asia and 100 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 169,419th most frequently used first name on earth, borne by 1,992 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Iran, where it is held by 1,160 people, or 1 in 66,192. In Iran Shamseh is primarily concentrated in: Lorestan Province, where 84 percent reside, Tehran Province, where 6 percent reside and South Khorasan Province, where 3 percent reside. Other than Iran this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 0 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Shamseh
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