Shehenaz Surname
Approximately 187 people bear this surname
Shehenaz Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maldives | 179 | 1:2,258 | 219 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Shehenaz (278) may also be a first name.
Shehenaz Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shehenaz Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shehenaz (Dhivehi: ީޝެހެނާޒް, Hindi: शहनाज़, Marathi: शहेनाज) is found in The Maldives more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shehenaz? popularity and diffusion
The surname Shehenaz is the 1,239,697th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 38,970,834 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Shehenaz live; 98 percent live in South Asia and 96 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Shehenaz is also the 532,586th most frequently used first name world-wide, borne by 278 people.
This surname is most frequently used in The Maldives, where it is borne by 179 people, or 1 in 2,258. In The Maldives it is most common in: Malé, where 64 percent live, Haa Dhaalu Atoll, where 4 percent live and Laamu Atoll, where 3 percent live. Apart from The Maldives Shehenaz occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in India, where 3 percent live and Malaysia, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shehenaz Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shehenaz in the Hindi language | ||
| शहनाज़ | sahanaza | - |
| Shehenaz in the Dhivehi language | ||
| ީޝެހެނާޒް | isehenaz | - |
| Shehenaz in the Marathi language | ||
| शहेनाज | sahenaja | 41.18 |
| शेहेनाझ | sehenajha | 35.29 |
| शेहनाज | sehanaja | 17.65 |
| शेहेनाज | sehenaja | 5.88 |
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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 Shehenaz
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