Shmi Surname
Approximately 75 people bear this surname
Shmi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 39 | 1:4,580,612 | 30,982 |
| India | 33 | 1:23,244,406 | 321,547 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
Shmi (437) may also be a first name.
Shmi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shmi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shmi (Hindi: श्मी, Russian: Шми) is more frequently found in Pakistan than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Shmi.
How Common Is The Last Name Shmi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,185,341st most widely held last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 97,167,279 people. Shmi occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Shmi are found; 96 percent are found in South Asia and 52 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Shmi is also the 410,164th most commonly used forename in the world, held by 437 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Pakistan, where it is borne by 39 people, or 1 in 4,580,612. In Pakistan Shmi is mostly concentrated in: Sindh, where 87 percent reside, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 8 percent reside and Punjab, where 5 percent reside. Beside Pakistan this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in India, where 44 percent reside and Malaysia, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shmi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shmi in the Hindi language | ||
| श्मी | smi | 40.91 |
| शमी | sami | 22.73 |
| रश्मि | rasmi | 18.18 |
| श्मि | smi | 13.64 |
| समी | sami | 4.55 |
| Shmi in the Russian language | ||
| Шми | smi | - |
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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 Shmi
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