Shiite Surname
Approximately 325 people bear this surname
Shiite Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 321 | 1:239,198 | 18,329 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Shiite Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shiite Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shiite is held by more people in Iran than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shiite? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 844,382nd most commonly used family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 22,423,218 people. The last name Shiite is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Shiite are found; 99 percent are found in South Asia and 99 percent are found in Islamic South Asia.
The surname Shiite is most frequent in Iran, where it is held by 321 people, or 1 in 239,198. In Iran it is most prevalent in: Tehran Province, where 25 percent live, Razavi Khorasan Province, where 23 percent live and Yazd Province, where 13 percent live. Other than Iran Shiite is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Afghanistan, where 1 percent live and Saudi Arabia, where 0 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 Shiite
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