Shishm Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Shishm Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Shishm Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
India31:255,688,4611,306,352

Shishm (140) may also be a first name.

Shishm Last Name Facts

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

Shishm (Hindi: शीशम) is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Shishm? popularity and diffusion

The surname Shishm is the 7,117,718th most frequent surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 57 percent of Shishm reside; 57 percent reside in West Africa and 57 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Shishm is also the 781,395th most commonly occurring given name world-wide. It is borne by 140 people.

This surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria Shishm is primarily found in: Kogi, where 100 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in India, where 43 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shism916/
Schism8345/
Chishm833/
Hshism832/
Shisme832/
Sheshm831/
Sism809/
Sheisme771/
Chism7310,905/
Scism731,298/
Sisme7332/
Sushm7314/
Seshm734/
Seism732/
Sissm730/
Choishme711/
Schysm6725/
Cheshm674/
Chisme673/
Shussm671/
Saitsm671/
Chissm670/
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Shishm Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Shishm in the Hindi language
शीशमsisama85.71
शिषमsisama5.36
शिशमsisama3.57
शीषमsisama1.79
शिष्मsisma1.79
शिश्मsisma1.79

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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 Shishm
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