Zahir Shah Surname
Approximately 1,260 people bear this surname
Zahir Shah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 1,193 | 1:149,743 | 4,079 |
| Afghanistan | 66 | 1:487,169 | 6,248 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Zahir Shah (24) may also be a first name.
Zahir Shah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zahir Shah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zahir Shah is carried by more people in Pakistan than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zahir Shah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Zahir Shah is the 301,477th most commonly used surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 5,783,767 people. Zahir Shah occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Zahir Shah reside; 100 percent reside in South Asia and 100 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Zahir Shah is also the 2,187,323rd most widely held first name in the world. It is borne by 24 people.
The last name Zahir Shah is most frequently held in Pakistan, where it is carried by 1,193 people, or 1 in 149,743. In Pakistan Zahir Shah is mostly found in: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 92 percent are found, Sindh, where 4 percent are found and Balochistan, where 2 percent are found. Other than Pakistan it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Afghanistan, where 5 percent are found and Malaysia, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zahirshah | 95 | 207 | / |
| Sahir Shah | 90 | 1 | / |
| Zahar Shah | 90 | 1 | / |
| Zahirsha | 89 | 21 | / |
| Zahoor Shah | 86 | 20 | / |
| Zaheer Shah | 86 | 6 | / |
| Zahurshah | 84 | 1 | / |
| Zahoori Shah | 82 | 1 | / |
| Zaheershah | 80 | 1 | / |
| Zaher-Shah | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sahirsha | 78 | 4 | / |
| Zahar Sh | 78 | 1 | / |
| Sahirisha | 74 | 1 | / |
| Sehar Shah | 70 | 1 | / |
| Zahoor-H-Shah | 70 | 1 | / |
| Saheershah | 70 | 1 | / |
| Sahare Asha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zahurshy | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Zahir Shah
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