Shamhoon Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Shamhoon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
Shamhoon (44) may also be a first name.
Shamhoon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shamhoon Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shamhoon is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shamhoon? popularity and diffusion
The last name Shamhoon is the 4,427,875th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. Shamhoon is mostly found in Asia, where 55 percent of Shamhoon live; 55 percent live in South Asia and 45 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Shamhoon is also the 1,525,482nd most widely held first name in the world. It is borne by 44 people.
The last name Shamhoon is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 19,682,529. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Benue, where 100 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 30 percent are found and India, where 20 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 Shamhoon
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