Shasher Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Shasher Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 10 | 1:3,215,318 | 18,974 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Shasher (97) may also be a first name.
Shasher Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shasher Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shasher (Hindi: शशेर, Marathi: शमशेर) is found most in Afghanistan. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Shasher click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shasher? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,206,983rd most commonly used last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 86 percent of Shasher live; 86 percent live in South Asia and 50 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Shasher is also the 962,660th most frequently used first name internationally It is held by 97 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Afghanistan, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 3,215,318. In Afghanistan it is primarily found in: Badghis, where 90 percent reside and Nangarhar, where 10 percent reside. Aside from Afghanistan it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in India, where 36 percent reside and The United States, where 9 percent reside.
Shasher Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Shasher has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname contracted 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shasher Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shasher in the Marathi language | ||
| शमशेर | samasera | - |
| Shasher in the Hindi language | ||
| शशेर | sasera | 85.71 |
| शमशेर | samasera | 14.29 |
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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 Shasher
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