Shamsullah Surname
Approximately 11,172 people bear this surname
Shamsullah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 10,900 | 1:2,950 | 310 |
| Pakistan | 244 | 1:732,147 | 10,809 |
| Australia | 12 | 1:2,249,642 | 97,973 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
Shamsullah (21,347) may also be a first name.
Shamsullah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shamsullah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shamsullah (Hindi: शमसुल्लाह, Marathi: शमसुाह) is held by more people in Afghanistan than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shamsullah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Shamsullah is the 46,399th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 652,305 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Shamsullah live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 100 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 36,017th most commonly used first name world-wide. It is borne by 21,347 people.
The last name is most frequent in Afghanistan, where it is carried by 10,900 people, or 1 in 2,950. In Afghanistan it is mostly concentrated in: Kabul, where 14 percent live, Ghazni, where 12 percent live and Balkh, where 11 percent live. Apart from Afghanistan it is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 2 percent live and Australia, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samsullah | 95 | 29 | / |
| Shamshullah | 95 | 2 | / |
| Shamsoullah | 95 | 1 | / |
| Schamsullah | 95 | 1 | / |
| Shamsulla | 95 | 1 | / |
| Shamzullah | 90 | 2 | / |
| Shamshulla | 90 | 1 | / |
| Samshullah | 90 | 1 | / |
| Shamshulah | 90 | 1 | / |
| Shamsoulah | 90 | 1 | / |
| Shomsullah | 90 | 1 | / |
| Shamsula | 89 | 2 | / |
| Samsulla | 89 | 2 | / |
| Shamsullo | 84 | 23 | / |
| Samsulloh | 84 | 10 | / |
| Schamsula | 84 | 3 | / |
| Samshulah | 84 | 1 | / |
| Samsula | 82 | 517 | / |
| Samsilah | 78 | 32 | / |
| Samsulia | 78 | 19 | / |
| Samsuloh | 78 | 7 | / |
| Shamsulo | 78 | 3 | / |
| Schamschula | 76 | 107 | / |
| Shamshila | 74 | 2 | / |
| Schaumschula | 73 | 1 | / |
| Samsola | 71 | 12 | / |
| Samsulo | 71 | 9 | / |
| Somsula | 71 | 1 | / |
| Samsolia | 67 | 14 | / |
| Samjuila | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chamchula | 63 | 1 | / |
| Šamšula | 59 | 143 | / |
| Samsolo | 59 | 20 | / |
| Somsola | 59 | 8 | / |
| Somsolay | 56 | 5 | / |
| Somshilla | 53 | 3 | / |
Shamsullah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shamsullah in the Hindi language | ||
| शमसुल्लाह | samasullaha | 86.96 |
| शम्सुल्लाह | samsullaha | 8.7 |
| शमसुल्ल्ाह | samasullaha | 1.45 |
| शमसुल्लाह़ | samasullaha | 1.45 |
| समसुल्लाह | samasullaha | 1.45 |
| Shamsullah in the Marathi language | ||
| शमसुाह | samasuaha | 77.27 |
| शमसुलाह | samasulaha | 9.09 |
| शामसुाह | samasuaha | 4.55 |
| शमशुाह | samasuaha | 4.55 |
| शासुाह | sasuaha | 4.55 |
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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 Shamsullah
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