Sheher Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Sheher Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 11 | 1:16,240,353 | 64,496 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Sheher (1,381) may also be a first name.
Sheher Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sheher Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sheher (Hindi: शेहेर, Marathi: शेहेर, Oriya: େଶେହର) is carried by more people in Pakistan than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Sheher.
How Common Is The Last Name Sheher? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,649,889th most commonly held surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 89 percent of Sheher live; 83 percent live in South Asia and 61 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Sheher is also the 210,702nd most frequently held first name worldwide It is held by 1,381 people.
The last name is most widely held in Pakistan, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 16,240,353. In Pakistan it is most prevalent in: Punjab, where 73 percent live, Sindh, where 18 percent live and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 9 percent live. Without taking into account Pakistan this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in India, where 22 percent live and Azerbaijan, where 6 percent live.
Sheher Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Sheher has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Sheher surname declined 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sheher Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sheher in the Oriya language | ||
| େଶେହର | esehara | - |
| Sheher in the Marathi language | ||
| शेहेर | sehera | 80 |
| शेहर | sehara | 20 |
| Sheher in the Hindi language | ||
| शेहेर | sehera | 75 |
| शेहर | sehara | 25 |
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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 Sheher
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