Shamshair Surname
Approximately 463 people bear this surname
Shamshair Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 427 | 1:418,370 | 7,762 |
| India | 16 | 1:47,941,586 | 492,263 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Shamshair (2,370) may also be a first name.
Shamshair Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shamshair Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shamshair (Hindi: शमशैर, Marathi: शमशैर) is found in Pakistan more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shamshair? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 652,085th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 15,739,840 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Shamshair live; 96 percent live in South Asia and 92 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 152,603rd most commonly held given name world-wide, borne by 2,370 people.
This surname is most frequent in Pakistan, where it is carried by 427 people, or 1 in 418,370. In Pakistan it is primarily found in: Punjab, where 57 percent reside, Sindh, where 25 percent reside and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 10 percent reside. Without taking into account Pakistan it is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in India, where 3 percent reside and The United Arab Emirates, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shamshair Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shamshair in the Marathi language | ||
| शमशैर | samasaira | - |
| Shamshair in the Hindi language | ||
| शमशैर | samasaira | 69.23 |
| शमशेर | samasera | 15.38 |
| शम्शैर | samsaira | 7.69 |
| शमशीर | samasira | 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 Shamshair
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