Shishir Surname

20,980th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26,009 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bangladesh
Highest density in:
Bangladesh

Shishir Surname User-submission:

The Shishir surname means 'dew drop' in Bengali.

Shishir Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bangladesh25,7741:6,183562
India1981:3,874,068106,327
United States81:45,307,367917,113
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
England51:11,143,612252,590
Nepal31:9,493,65216,132
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Palestine11:4,548,84918,388
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

Shishir (66,973) may also be a first name.

Shishir Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Shishir surname means 'dew drop' in Bengali.

- mdasifrezwanshishir

Shishir Last Name Facts

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

The last name Shishir (Bengali: শিশির, Hindi: शिशिर, Marathi: शीशीर, Oriya: ଶିଶିର, Tibetan: ཤི་ཤིར་) is found in Bangladesh more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Shishir? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 20,980th most numerous last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 280,193 people. The last name Shishir is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Shishir live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 99 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 14,418th most common forename at a global level. It is borne by 66,973 people.

The last name Shishir is most widely held in Bangladesh, where it is borne by 25,774 people, or 1 in 6,183. Beside Bangladesh it exists in 16 countries. It also occurs in India, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Shishir Last Name Statistics demography

Shishir earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 12.9% less than the national average, earning $37,583 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Shishir Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Shishir in the Tibetan language
ཤི་ཤིར་shishir-
Shishir in the Hindi language
शिशिरsisira97.03
शिशीरsisira1.26
शीशीरsisira0.59
शिषिरsisira0.4
शीशिरsisira0.32
श्िशिरsisira0.07
शि्शिरsisira0.05
शीषिरsisira0.05
श्ििशरsiisara0.05
शीषीरsisira0.02
़शिशिरsisira0.02
शिश्िरsisira0.02
सिसिरsisira0.02
शिशिऱsisira0.02
Shishir in the Bengali language
শিশিরsisira96.81
শিশীরsisira1.74
শীশিরsisira0.29
Shishir in the Oriya language
ଶିଶିରsisira95.93
ଶିଶିରରsisirara1.21
ଶିଶିରାଇଁsisira'im1.09
ଶିଶୀରsisira0.43
ଶୀଶୀରsisira0.36
ଶୀଶିରsisira0.24
ଶଶିରsasira0.18
ଶିଷିରsisira0.12
ଶିଶିରକାsisiraka0.12
ଶିଶୀରରsisirara0.06
ସିଶିରsisira0.06
ଶିଶିଲsisila0.06
Shishir in the Marathi language
शीशीरsisira84.38
शीषीरsisira6.25
शिशरsisara3.13
मीहीरmihira3.13
िशधीरisadhira3.13

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