Shimah Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Shimah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maldives | 14 | 1:28,869 | 1,682 |
| Pakistan | 10 | 1:17,864,388 | 68,137 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Shimah (1,460) may also be a first name.
Shimah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shimah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shimah is held by more people in The Maldives than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Shimah.
How Common Is The Last Name Shimah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Shimah is the 3,141,416th most frequently occurring surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 186,860,152 people. The last name Shimah occurs predominantly in Asia, where 79 percent of Shimah live; 64 percent live in South Asia and 62 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 204,006th most frequent forename in the world It is held by 1,460 people.
This surname is most widespread in The Maldives, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 28,869. In The Maldives it is mostly found in: Malé, where 71 percent live, Noonu Atoll, where 14 percent live and Alif Dhaal Atoll, where 7 percent live. Barring The Maldives Shimah exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 26 percent live and Nigeria, where 18 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 Shimah
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