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Shah

in California

There are 5,140 people with the last name "Shah" in California.

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Shah 481
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  1. is 477th most common Alfaro
  2. is 478th most common Lai
  3. is 479th most common Bowman
  4. is 480th most common Hopkins
  5. is 481st most common Shah
  6. is 482nd most common Mata
  7. is 483rd most common Leonard
  8. is 484th most common Hurtado
  9. is 485th most common Bates

Similar Names and Nicknames

Shaheen, Shahan, Shih, Shahid, Shahin, Shaheed, Shahbazian, Shahinian, Shahzad, Shahi

Most Common First Names for Shah

Syed, Samir, Rajesh, Amit, Bharat, Mahesh, Ajay, Ashok

Meaning & History

Muslim: from the Persian royal title Shāh ‘king’, ‘emperor’. This was the title adopted by the kings of the Pahlavi dynasty (1925–79). Shāh is found in combination with other words, e.g. Shāh Jahan (name of a Mughal emperor, ruled 1628–57) and Shāh ῾ālam ‘king of the world’ (name of a Mughal emperor, ruled 1707–12). This name is widespread in Iran and the subcontinent.

Indian (Gujarat, Rajasthan): Hindu (Bania, Vania) and Jain name, from Gujarati sah ‘merchant’ (from Sanskrit sādhu ‘honest’, ‘good’). This name was originally Sah; it appears to have been altered under the influence of the Persian word for ‘king’ (see 1).

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