Shirmar Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Afghanistan

Shirmar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shirmar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran21:38,391,262236,033
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Shirmar (13) may also be a first name.

Shirmar Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Shirmar Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Shirmar is more frequently found in Iran than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Shirmar? popularity and diffusion

It is the 8,968,613th most frequently occurring surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 75 percent of Shirmar live; 75 percent live in South Asia and 75 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 3,159,357th most widely held forename at a global level, borne by 13 people.

This surname is most numerous in Iran, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 38,391,262. In Iran Shirmar is most frequent in: Hamadan Province, where 50 percent live and Tehran Province, where 50 percent live. Barring Iran this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Afghanistan, where 25 percent live and The United States, where 25 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 Shirmar
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