Shayest Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Shayest Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 9 | 1:3,572,576 | 20,130 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Shayest (17) may also be a first name.
Shayest Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shayest Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shayest is more commonly found in Afghanistan than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Shayest.
How Common Is The Last Name Shayest? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 6,063,924th most commonly occurring last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 90 percent of Shayest are found; 90 percent are found in South Asia and 90 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Shayest is also the 2,694,839th most common forename throughout the world, held by 17 people.
This last name is most numerous in Afghanistan, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 3,572,576. In Afghanistan Shayest is mostly found in: Nangarhar, where 44 percent reside, Paktia, where 22 percent reside and Daykundi, where 11 percent reside. Barring Afghanistan this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in England, where 10 percent reside.
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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 Shayest
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