Shãrma
surname · Latin script
Shãrma is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in India than in any other country, where it is the 11th most common surname. Recorded meaning: * Transliteration of Hindi शर्मा (śarmā). * Transliteration of Telugu శర్మ (śarma).
- AEUnited Arab Emirates≈1 in 476(inferred from the name graph)
- INIndia1 in 662
- BDBangladesh≈1 in 2.1K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- India (measured from records)
- #65 (measured from records)
- 8 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 466 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 476 (inferred from the name graph)
2,002,549 people
of 19M surnames
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
United Arab Emirates, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Sharma in IN India, US United States, MY Malaysia and 1 more, Saima in PK Pakistan, AE United Arab Emirates and Seema in AU Australia.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
- Hindiशर्माśarmā(measured from records)
- Teluguశర్మśarma(measured from records)
* Transliteration of Hindi शर्मा (śarmā). * Transliteration of Telugu శర్మ (śarma).
Sources 3
- A concise dictionary of first names
- Wiktionary
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Shãrma counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN India | #11 | 2,002,549 | 1 in 662 | 2M | Sharma | 387 |
| BD Bangladesh | #139 | ≈78,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.1K | listed | Sharma | 77 |
| US United States | — | 28,559 | 1 in 12K | 112K | Sharma | 466 |
| AE United Arab Emirates | — | ≈21,000 est. | ≈1 in 476 | — | Saima | 70 |
| PK Pakistan | — | ≈13,000 est. | ≈1 in 18K | listed | Saima | 99 |
| MY Malaysia | #697 | ≈13,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.5K | — | Sharma | 72 |
| AU Australia | — | ≈11,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.2K | 103 | Seema | 109 |
2,002,549 people counted by Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; NSW BDM — Popular baby names (1952–present). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Shãrma mean, and where does it come from?
- * Transliteration of Hindi शर्मा (śarmā). * Transliteration of Telugu శర్మ (śarma). Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and Wiktionary and 1 other source.
- In which country does Shãrma have the most bearers?
- In India, the national register counted about 2.0 million people named Shãrma, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled sharma.
- How common is the name Shãrma?
- In India, the national register counted 2,002,549 people named Shãrma, about 1 in 662 residents.
- How common is Shãrma compared with other names?
- In India, Shãrma is the 11th most common surname of 1,492,515 surnames recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Shãrma” — the 11th most common surname in India. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.