Šah Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Šah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovenia | 4 | 1:621,919 | 23,710 |
| Croatia | 3 | 1:1,409,535 | 70,997 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
The alternate forms: Sah (4,602,000), Şah (2,299), Šáh (1) & Sáh (4) are calculated separately.
Šah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Šah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Šah is found in Slovenia more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Sah, Şah, Šáh or Sáh. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Šah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,723,624th most frequently occurring surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Šah reside; 100 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.
Šah is most numerous in Slovenia, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 621,919. In Slovenia Šah is most frequent in: Savinja, where 75 percent are found and Central Slovenia, where 25 percent are found. Beside Slovenia Šah exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Croatia, where 38 percent are found and Serbia, where 13 percent are found.
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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 Šah
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