Shah

in the US

There are 36,786 people with the last name "Shah" in the United States.

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Shah 687
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  1. is 683rd most common Wu
  2. is 684th most common Lester
  3. is 685th most common Orr
  4. is 686th most common Roach
  5. is 687th most common Shah
  6. is 688th most common Leach
  7. is 689th most common Buck
  8. is 690th most common Montoya
  9. is 691st most common Lara

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Shah

Syed, Bharat, Amit, Rajesh, Sanjay, Ashok, Samir, Chirag, Ashish, Manish



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 162857) and Shāh ῾ālam ‘king of the world’ (name of a Mughal emperor, ruled 170712). 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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