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Where Does The Last Name Shirin Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Shirin (Arabic: شيرين, Bengali: শিরিন, Georgian: შირინ, Hindi: शीरीन, Marathi: िशरीन, Oriya: ଶିରିନ, Russian: Ширин) is found most in Afghanistan. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Shirin? ^{popularity and diffusion}

It is the 8,978^th most frequently held family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 115,450 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 96 percent of Shirin are found; 94 percent are found in South Asia and 92 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Shirin is also the 2,591^st most frequent forename internationally, held by 398,938 people.

The surname is most widespread in Afghanistan, where it is borne by 29,363 people, or 1 in 1,095. In Afghanistan Shirin is primarily found in: Kabul, where 25 percent reside, Nangarhar, where 8 percent reside and Parwan, where 7 percent reside. Beside Afghanistan it is found in 54 countries. It is also common in Bangladesh, where 25 percent reside and Iran, where 21 percent reside.

Shirin Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is chiefly Orthodox (87%) in Russia, Orthodox (100%) in Belarus, Orthodox (67%) in Kazakhstan, Christian (100%) in Kenya and Orthodox (81%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Shirin last name are 19.11% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 72.34% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Shirin earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 1.55% more than the national average, earning $43,816 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.22% less than the national average, earning $45,600 CAD per year.