Shimal Surname
Approximately 332 people bear this surname
Shimal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 180 | 1:992,466 | 12,920 |
| Maldives | 71 | 1:5,693 | 503 |
| India | 46 | 1:16,675,334 | 263,471 |
| Afghanistan | 10 | 1:3,215,318 | 18,974 |
| Israel | 9 | 1:950,848 | 57,975 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
Shimal (3,693) may also be a first name.
Shimal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shimal Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shimal (Bengali: শিমল, Hindi: शिमल, Marathi: िशमल, Oriya: ସୀମାଲ, Russian: Шималь) is held by more people in Pakistan than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shimal? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 832,284th most widely held last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 21,950,440 people. Shimal occurs predominantly in Asia, where 96 percent of Shimal are found; 93 percent are found in South Asia and 79 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Shimal is also the 116,059th most frequent first name world-wide It is held by 3,693 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Pakistan, where it is carried by 180 people, or 1 in 992,466. In Pakistan it is most prevalent in: Punjab, where 100 percent live. Besides Pakistan it occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in The Maldives, where 21 percent live and India, where 14 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shimal Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shimal in the Bengali language | ||
| শিমল | simala | 95.54 |
| শীমল | simala | 1.98 |
| শিমূল | simula | 0.99 |
| শিমাল | simala | 0.5 |
| সিমল | simala | 0.5 |
| Shimal in the Marathi language | ||
| िशमल | isamala | 81.25 |
| िशमाल | isamala | 15.63 |
| सुिनल | suinala | 3.13 |
| Shimal in the Hindi language | ||
| शिमल | simala | 53.47 |
| शिमाल | simala | 22.92 |
| शीमल | simala | 18.06 |
| शिमला | simala | 2.08 |
| शीमाल | simala | 2.08 |
| सेमवाल | semavala | 0.69 |
| शिमाल् | simal | 0.69 |
| Shimal in the Oriya language | ||
| ସୀମାଲ | simala | 50 |
| ଶିମାଲ | simala | 50 |
| Shimal in the Russian language | ||
| Шималь | simal | - |
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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 Shimal
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