Shamsheer Surname
Approximately 1,935 people bear this surname
Shamsheer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 858 | 1:37,475 | 1,461 |
| Pakistan | 409 | 1:436,782 | 7,943 |
| India | 386 | 1:1,987,216 | 68,319 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| United Arab Emirates | 72 | 1:127,254 | 10,508 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Guyana | 3 | 1:254,074 | 11,262 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Maldives | 2 | 1:202,086 | 4,973 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Shamsheer (8,593) may also be a first name.
Shamsheer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shamsheer Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shamsheer (Hindi: शमशीर, Marathi: शमशेर) is found in Afghanistan more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shamsheer? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 212,798th most frequently held last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,766,174 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Shamsheer are found; 86 percent are found in South Asia and 66 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 67,827th most commonly used first name globally, borne by 8,593 people.
The surname Shamsheer is most common in Afghanistan, where it is held by 858 people, or 1 in 37,475. In Afghanistan Shamsheer is most frequent in: Nangarhar, where 30 percent reside, Kunar, where 17 percent reside and Kabul, where 17 percent reside. Other than Afghanistan this surname is found in 15 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 21 percent reside and India, where 20 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shamsheer Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shamsheer in the Hindi language | ||
| शमशीर | samasira | 88.78 |
| शम्शीर | samsira | 3.06 |
| शमसीर | samasira | 3.06 |
| शमशेर | samasera | 3.06 |
| समशीर | samasira | 2.04 |
| Shamsheer in the Marathi language | ||
| शमशेर | samasera | 81.82 |
| समसेर | samasera | 9.09 |
| समशेर | samasera | 9.09 |
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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 Shamsheer
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