Family name Shamhan (Шамхан 
, Shamhan 
) , all over the world, is a very rare last name. The cognomen Shamhan is characteristic of Yemen, where it is a rare surname, Kyrgyzstan, where it is a very rare surname, and Kazakhstan. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Yemen, Russia, and India. More frequently, Shamhan is the forename as well as the last name.