Family name שאשי (Shashi 
, שאשי 
) , worldwide, is a common cognomen. The last name שאשי is habitual in Sri Lanka, where it is quite a rare surname, Mauritius, and United Arab Emirates. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in Southern Asia, particularly India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Much more prevalently, שאשי is the forename as well as the last name.