Shemayan Surname
Approximately 65 people bear this surname
Shemayan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 64 | 1:1,199,727 | 51,798 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Shemayan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shemayan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shemayan is held by more people in Iran than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shemayan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,372,517th most common surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 112,116,091 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Shemayan reside; 98 percent reside in South Asia and 98 percent reside in Islamic South Asia.
The last name is most commonly used in Iran, where it is held by 64 people, or 1 in 1,199,727. In Iran it is most numerous in: Tehran Province, where 41 percent reside, Razavi Khorasan Province, where 22 percent reside and Ilam Province, where 13 percent reside. Excluding Iran this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 2 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 Shemayan
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