Shamshah Surname
Approximately 207 people bear this surname
Shamshah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 188 | 1:408,418 | 26,045 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| Afghanistan | 5 | 1:6,430,637 | 27,710 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
Shamshah (320) may also be a first name.
Shamshah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shamshah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shamshah (Hindi: शमशाह, Marathi: शमशाह, Oriya: ଶମଶାହ) occurs most in Iran. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Shamshah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shamshah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,155,901st most prevalent surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 35,205,536 people. The last name Shamshah occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Shamshah are found; 100 percent are found in South Asia and 94 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 490,671st most widely held forename on earth. It is borne by 320 people.
Shamshah is most commonly occurring in Iran, where it is borne by 188 people, or 1 in 408,418. In Iran it is primarily found in: Bushehr Province, where 35 percent live, Ardabil Province, where 19 percent live and Razavi Khorasan Province, where 15 percent live. Barring Iran Shamshah is found in 4 countries. It is also common in India, where 6 percent live and Afghanistan, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shamshah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shamshah in the Oriya language | ||
| ଶମଶାହ | samasaha | - |
| Shamshah in the Hindi language | ||
| शमशाह | samasaha | 93.55 |
| शमशह | samasaha | 3.23 |
| शम्शाह | samsaha | 3.23 |
| Shamshah in the Marathi language | ||
| शमशाह | samasaha | 82.5 |
| शामशाह | samasaha | 13.75 |
| शामशहा | samasaha | 1.25 |
| शमशह | samasaha | 1.25 |
| इसामशाह | isamasaha | 1.25 |
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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 Shamshah
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