Cognomen پادشاه (Pasha 
, پادشاه 
, Padisah 
) , throughout the world, is a common surname. The cognomen پادشاه is characteristic of Western Asia, particularly United Arab Emirates, where it is quite a common surname, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar (explore the name in all countries). Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, and Bangladesh. Much less frequently, پادشاه is the forename as well as the last name.