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
Shamshair (Hindi: शमशैर, Marathi: शमशैर) occurs more in Pakistan more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Shamshair.
How Common Is The Last Name Shamshair? popularity and diffusion
The last name Shamshair is the 652,085th most commonly occurring surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 15,739,840 people. The last name Shamshair is mostly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Shamshair reside; 96 percent reside in South Asia and 92 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 152,603rd most commonly used first name at a global level, held by 2,370 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Pakistan, where it is held by 427 people, or 1 in 418,370. In Pakistan Shamshair is primarily found in: Punjab, where 57 percent live, Sindh, where 25 percent live and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 10 percent live. Other than Pakistan it is found in 8 countries. It is also found in India, where 3 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 2 percent live.
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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