Shangh Surname
Approximately 498 people bear this surname
Shangh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 492 | 1:1,559,076 | 57,965 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Shangh (137) may also be a first name.
Shangh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shangh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shangh (Bengali: শঙ্ঘ, Hindi: शांह) occurs in India more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shangh? popularity and diffusion
Shangh is the 617,991st most widely held family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 14,633,626 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Shangh are found; 99 percent are found in South Asia and 99 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 790,880th most commonly occurring first name at a global level, held by 137 people.
The last name Shangh is most frequently used in India, where it is carried by 492 people, or 1 in 1,559,076. In India it is mostly concentrated in: Uttar Pradesh, where 67 percent live, Manipur, where 21 percent live and Madhya Pradesh, where 8 percent live. Apart from India this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent live and Pakistan, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shangh Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shangh in the Bengali language | ||
| শঙ্ঘ | sangha | - |
| Shangh in the Hindi language | ||
| शांह | sanha | 66.48 |
| शंह | sanha | 22.16 |
| शाँह | samha | 10.51 |
| शंघ | sangha | 0.85 |
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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 Shangh
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