Ushah Surname
Approximately 79 people bear this surname
Ushah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 60 | 1:2,952,379 | 92,303 |
| India | 14 | 1:54,790,384 | 527,769 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Ushah (49) may also be a first name.
Ushah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ushah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ushah (Hindi: उशाह, Marathi: शाह) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ushah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,121,169th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 92,247,417 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 81 percent of Ushah are found; 76 percent are found in West Africa and 76 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,430,306th most frequently occurring forename at a global level, borne by 49 people.
The surname Ushah is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 60 people, or 1 in 2,952,379. In Nigeria Ushah is primarily found in: Kaduna, where 57 percent reside, Plateau, where 23 percent reside and Nasarawa, where 12 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in India, where 18 percent reside and Libya, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ushah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ushah in the Hindi language | ||
| उशाह | usaha | - |
| Ushah in the Marathi language | ||
| शाह | saha | - |
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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 Ushah
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