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Shah

in Illinois

There are 4,046 people with the last name "Shah" in Illinois.

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Ranking in Illinois

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Shah 181
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  1. is 177th most common Warren
  2. is 178th most common Palmer
  3. is 179th most common Freeman
  4. is 180th most common Hunt
  5. is 181st most common Shah
  6. is 182nd most common Burke
  7. is 183rd most common Ferguson
  8. is 184th most common Spencer
  9. is 185th most common Black

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Shah

Syed, Bharat, Amit, Chirag, Dilip, Jitendra, Pankaj, Raj, Manish, Mukesh

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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