Tashir Surname
Approximately 293 people bear this surname
Tashir Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 173 | 1:1,023,947 | 43,086 |
| Iran | 34 | 1:2,258,310 | 76,749 |
| India | 26 | 1:29,502,515 | 369,827 |
| Afghanistan | 25 | 1:1,286,127 | 11,103 |
| Malaysia | 12 | 1:2,457,852 | 95,442 |
| Guyana | 7 | 1:108,889 | 7,175 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Armenia | 2 | 1:1,465,090 | 16,492 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
Tashir (628) may also be a first name.
Tashir Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tashir Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tashir (Hindi: ताशीर, Marathi: ताशीर, Russian: Ташир) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tashir? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tashir is the 908,336th most frequently occurring last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 24,872,170 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 59 percent of Tashir reside; 59 percent reside in West Africa and 59 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Tashir is also the 332,375th most frequently occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 628 people.
Tashir is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 173 people, or 1 in 1,023,947. In Nigeria Tashir is most common in: Kano, where 54 percent live, Jigawa, where 21 percent live and Borno, where 9 percent live. Beside Nigeria it occurs in 14 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 12 percent live and India, where 9 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tashir Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tashir in the Marathi language | ||
| ताशीर | tasira | 52.63 |
| तािशर | taisara | 26.32 |
| तशीर | tasira | 10.53 |
| बशीर | basira | 10.53 |
| Tashir in the Hindi language | ||
| ताशीर | tasira | 25.81 |
| तशीर | tasira | 22.58 |
| ताशिर | tasira | 19.35 |
| तसहीर | tasahira | 9.68 |
| तासिर | tasira | 6.45 |
| तासहिर | tasahira | 3.23 |
| तसहिर | tasahira | 3.23 |
| ताषिर | tasira | 3.23 |
| तषीर | tasira | 3.23 |
| तासीर | tasira | 3.23 |
| Tashir in the Russian language | ||
| Ташир | tasir | - |
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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 Tashir
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