Family name שאנטי (Shanti 
, שאנטי 
) , throughout the world, is a common cognomen. The last name שאנטי is habitual in Western Asia, particularly United Arab Emirates, where it is quite a rare surname, Kuwait, and Qatar. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in India, Indonesia, and Bangladesh. Much more prevalently, שאנטי is the forename as well as the last name.