Shihab Surname
Approximately 44,167 people bear this surname
Shihab Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 35,146 | 1:4,534 | 415 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1,948 | 1:15,840 | 2,206 |
| India | 1,879 | 1:408,231 | 21,512 |
| Egypt | 1,617 | 1:56,856 | 5,426 |
| United Arab Emirates | 915 | 1:10,013 | 1,258 |
| Indonesia | 526 | 1:251,424 | 22,929 |
| Sri Lanka | 512 | 1:40,642 | 4,863 |
| Maldives | 332 | 1:1,217 | 135 |
| Kuwait | 193 | 1:19,693 | 2,634 |
| Qatar | 159 | 1:14,830 | 1,610 |
| Iraq | 147 | 1:238,243 | 5,207 |
| United States | 144 | 1:2,517,076 | 153,460 |
| Bahrain | 103 | 1:13,093 | 2,472 |
| Oman | 100 | 1:36,880 | 2,528 |
| Israel | 69 | 1:124,024 | 13,566 |
| England | 57 | 1:977,510 | 48,999 |
| Sweden | 43 | 1:228,994 | 15,912 |
| Canada | 40 | 1:921,140 | 70,350 |
| Nicaragua | 39 | 1:154,387 | 2,244 |
| Malaysia | 34 | 1:867,477 | 39,690 |
| Yemen | 21 | 1:1,258,347 | 11,865 |
| Thailand | 18 | 1:3,924,352 | 328,346 |
| Australia | 14 | 1:1,928,264 | 88,951 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Norway | 13 | 1:395,560 | 35,657 |
| Lebanon | 11 | 1:512,462 | 12,816 |
| Syria | 8 | 1:2,412,628 | 10,757 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Belarus | 4 | 1:2,375,265 | 105,497 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 1:2,326,302 | 54,089 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
Shihab (94,889) may also be a first name.
Shihab Demographics
Average Shihab Salary in
United States
$61,679 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Shihab Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shihab Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shihab (Bengali: সিহাব, Hindi: शिहाब, Marathi: िशहब) is most common in Bangladesh. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shihab? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 12,702nd most widespread family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 165,000 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 95 percent of Shihab reside; 86 percent reside in South Asia and 80 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Shihab is also the 10,675th most frequently occurring first name globally It is held by 94,889 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Bangladesh, where it is carried by 35,146 people, or 1 in 4,534. Other than Bangladesh Shihab occurs in 58 countries. It also occurs in Saudi Arabia, where 4 percent live and India, where 4 percent live.
Shihab Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Shihab last name are 12.32% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 59.09% being registered with the political party.
The amount Shihab earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 33.22% less than the national average, earning 231,101 kr per year; in United States they earn 42.94% more than the national average, earning $61,679 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.9% more than the national average, earning $52,616 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shihab Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shihab in the Hindi language | ||
| शिहाब | sihaba | 87.5 |
| शीहाब | sihaba | 12.5 |
| Shihab in the Bengali language | ||
| সিহাব | sihaba | 50 |
| শিহাব | sihaba | 50 |
| Shihab in the Marathi language | ||
| िशहब | isahaba | 50 |
| िशहाब | isahaba | 33.33 |
| शीहाब | sihaba | 16.67 |
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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 Shihab
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