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
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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 carried by more people in Bangladesh than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shihab? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 12,702nd most widely held surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 165,000 people. The last name Shihab is mostly found in Asia, where 95 percent of Shihab live; 86 percent live in South Asia and 80 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 10,675th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 94,889 people.
The surname is most frequent in Bangladesh, where it is borne by 35,146 people, or 1 in 4,534. Barring Bangladesh this surname is found in 58 countries. It is also common in Saudi Arabia, where 4 percent reside and India, where 4 percent reside.
Shihab Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Shihab are 12.32% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 59.09% being registered to vote for the 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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