Shash Surname
Approximately 6,547 people bear this surname
Shash Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 3,386 | 1:27,152 | 3,008 |
| Ethiopia | 1,288 | 1:75,735 | 7,282 |
| Saudi Arabia | 398 | 1:77,527 | 10,981 |
| India | 347 | 1:2,210,563 | 73,512 |
| Ukraine | 230 | 1:197,925 | 26,814 |
| Pakistan | 170 | 1:1,050,846 | 13,360 |
| Afghanistan | 130 | 1:247,332 | 4,234 |
| Belarus | 128 | 1:74,227 | 12,018 |
| Russia | 122 | 1:1,181,337 | 86,893 |
| United States | 99 | 1:3,661,201 | 203,401 |
| Iran | 44 | 1:1,745,057 | 65,590 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| Lebanon | 32 | 1:176,159 | 7,943 |
| Canada | 18 | 1:2,046,977 | 128,463 |
| Malaysia | 18 | 1:1,638,568 | 67,452 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Yemen | 10 | 1:2,642,529 | 14,606 |
| Czechia | 7 | 1:1,519,067 | 97,842 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Syria | 4 | 1:4,825,256 | 12,827 |
| Mongolia | 4 | 1:706,322 | 11,365 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 1:5,894,165 | 166,702 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
Shash (9,989) may also be a first name.
Shash Demographics
Shash Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Shash Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shash Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shash (Bengali: শশ, Hindi: षष, Marathi: शशी, Oriya: ଶଶ, Russian: Шаш) is most common in Egypt. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shash? popularity and diffusion
Shash is the 75,028th most frequently held last name globally, borne by around 1 in 1,113,112 people. The last name Shash is mostly found in Africa, where 72 percent of Shash live; 52 percent live in North Africa and 52 percent live in Arabic North Africa. Shash is also the 61,289th most frequently held forename world-wide, held by 9,989 people.
The last name is most widespread in Egypt, where it is borne by 3,386 people, or 1 in 27,152. Other than Egypt it is found in 48 countries. It is also common in Ethiopia, where 20 percent are found and Saudi Arabia, where 6 percent are found.
Shash Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Shash surname is principally Orthodox (70%) in Russia, Orthodox (100%) in Belarus, Alawite (90%) in Lebanon and Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Shash surname are 6.17% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 52.94% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Shash earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 12.26% less than the national average, earning $37,858 USD per year and in Canada they earn 23.16% less than the national average, earning $38,176 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shash Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shash in the Oriya language | ||
| ଶଶ | sasa | 95.92 |
| ଶଷ | sasa | 4.08 |
| Shash in the Bengali language | ||
| শশ | sasa | 66.67 |
| শশী | sasi | 33.33 |
| Shash in the Marathi language | ||
| शशी | sasi | 60 |
| शष | sasa | 20 |
| शश | sasa | 20 |
| Shash in the Hindi language | ||
| षष | sasa | 57.07 |
| शश | sasa | 21.46 |
| शश् | sas | 7.8 |
| शशी | sasi | 6.34 |
| शष | sasa | 2.44 |
| शाशी | sasi | 0.98 |
| शाश | sasa | 0.98 |
| शशि | sasi | 0.98 |
| शश्ि | sasi | 0.49 |
| Shash in the Russian language | ||
| Шаш | sas | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Shash
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