Shamshu Surname
Approximately 164 people bear this surname
Shamshu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 70 | 1:756,309 | 41,721 |
| India | 54 | 1:14,204,914 | 239,375 |
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| Afghanistan | 10 | 1:3,215,318 | 18,974 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Shamshu (1,216) may also be a first name.
Shamshu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shamshu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shamshu (Hindi: शमशू, Marathi: शमशु) is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Shamshu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,353,468th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 44,436,256 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 52 percent of Shamshu live; 43 percent live in East Africa and 43 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Shamshu is also the 227,056th most widely held given name world-wide, borne by 1,216 people.
The surname is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 70 people, or 1 in 756,309. In Tanzania Shamshu is primarily found in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 99 percent are found and Pwani Region, where 1 percent are found. Without taking into account Tanzania this last name exists in 10 countries. It is also found in India, where 33 percent are found and Nigeria, where 9 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shamshu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shamshu in the Marathi language | ||
| शमशु | samasu | 74.36 |
| शामषु | samasu | 10.26 |
| शमषु | samasu | 5.13 |
| शामशु | samasu | 2.56 |
| शामसु | samasu | 2.56 |
| शमशू | samasu | 2.56 |
| शामशुल | samasula | 2.56 |
| Shamshu in the Hindi language | ||
| शमशू | samasu | 47.62 |
| शमशु | samasu | 39.52 |
| शम्शू | samsu | 6.67 |
| शम्शु | samsu | 5.24 |
| शमशुल्ला | samasulla | 0.24 |
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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 Shamshu
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