Shias Surname
Approximately 72 people bear this surname
Shias Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 49 | 1:1,566,990 | 61,347 |
| Cambodia | 12 | 1:1,290,596 | 5,991 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
Shias (98) may also be a first name.
Shias Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shias Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shias occurs more in Iran more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shias? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,237,939th most frequent surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 101,215,916 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Shias live; 76 percent live in South Asia and 74 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 956,749th most numerous first name worldwide, held by 98 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Iran, where it is carried by 49 people, or 1 in 1,566,990. In Iran it is most frequent in: Tehran Province, where 59 percent live, Lorestan Province, where 20 percent live and Isfahan Province, where 16 percent live. Barring Iran this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Cambodia, where 17 percent live and Pakistan, where 4 percent live.
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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 Shias
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