Shmshir Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Shmshir Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shmshir Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India71:109,580,769786,157
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220

Shmshir (20) may also be a first name.

Shmshir Last Name Facts

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

The surname Shmshir (Hindi: श्मशीर) is carried by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Shmshir? popularity and diffusion

The surname Shmshir is the 6,723,624th most frequently held last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name Shmshir is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Shmshir reside; 100 percent reside in South Asia and 88 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Shmshir is also the 2,446,817th most frequently held first name worldwide. It is borne by 20 people.

The surname is most numerous in India, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 109,580,769. In India it is mostly concentrated in: Bihar, where 100 percent are found. Other than India this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Pakistan, where 13 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shmsir923/
Shmsher8657/
Shmsheer806/
Shmshear802/
Shmshere801/
Shsmsher801/
Shmser779/
Smsher771/
Shmsheerh751/
Shmseer711/
Ssmsher711/
Shmsger711/
Smser6710/
Shsmseer671/
Jmsher623/
Jmsheer571/
Smger5010/
Jmser501/

Shmshir Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Shmshir in the Hindi language
श्मशीरsmasira-

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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 Shmshir
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