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Shah Name Meaning
Muslim: from the Persian royal title Shah ‘king’,
‘emperor’. This was the title adopted by the kings of the Pahlavi
dynasty (1925–79). Shah is found in combination with other
words, e.g. Shah Jahan (name of a Mughal emperor, ruled
1628–57) and Shah ?Alam ‘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 sadhu ‘honest’, ‘good’). This name was
originally Sah; it appears to have been altered under the
influence of the Persian word for ‘king’ (see 1).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Shah Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Shah families
 4 - 5  2 - 3 |
 1  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Shah families
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5 - 8 2 - 4 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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