Al-Shami Surname
Approximately 23,333 people bear this surname
Al-Shami Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 21,447 | 1:4,287 | 569 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1,550 | 1:19,907 | 2,763 |
| Bahrain | 73 | 1:18,474 | 3,432 |
| Kuwait | 58 | 1:65,529 | 7,566 |
| Yemen | 36 | 1:734,036 | 11,140 |
| Jordan | 21 | 1:421,068 | 12,361 |
| Kazakhstan | 20 | 1:884,125 | 54,571 |
| United States | 18 | 1:20,136,607 | 622,629 |
| Iran | 16 | 1:4,798,908 | 119,068 |
| Canada | 14 | 1:2,631,828 | 153,264 |
| United Arab Emirates | 13 | 1:704,790 | 25,221 |
| Syria | 11 | 1:1,754,638 | 8,509 |
| Lebanon | 10 | 1:563,708 | 13,499 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Russia | 7 | 1:20,589,008 | 462,339 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
Al-Shami (347) may also be a first name.
Al-Shami Demographics
Average Al-Shami Salary in
United States
$69,896 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Al-Shami Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Al-Shami Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Al-Shami (Arabic: ألشامي, Russian: Аль-шами) occurs most in Egypt. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Al-Shami? popularity and diffusion
Al-Shami is the 23,229th most frequent last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 312,328 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Al-Shami reside; 92 percent reside in North Africa and 92 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. Al-Shami is also the 468,121st most widely held first name globally, held by 347 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Egypt, where it is borne by 21,447 people, or 1 in 4,287. Barring Egypt this surname is found in 30 countries. It is also found in Saudi Arabia, where 7 percent live and Bahrain, where 0 percent live.
Al-Shami Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Al-Shami earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 61.99% more than the national average, earning $69,896 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.52% more than the national average, earning $59,380 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Al-Shami Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Al-Shami in the Russian language | ||
| Аль-шами | al-sami | - |
| Al-Shami in the Arabic language | ||
| ألشامي | alshamy | - |
| الشاميِ | alshamyi | - |
| الشامى | alshamy | - |
| الشامي | alshamy | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Al-Shami
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