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 last name Al-Shami (Arabic: ألشامي, Russian: Аль-шами) has its highest incidence in Egypt. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Al-Shami? popularity and diffusion
The surname Al-Shami is the 23,229th most prevalent surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 312,328 people. Al-Shami 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 widespread first name world-wide It is held by 347 people.
Al-Shami is most frequently used in Egypt, where it is carried by 21,447 people, or 1 in 4,287. Besides Egypt this last name exists in 30 countries. It is also found in Saudi Arabia, where 7 percent reside and Bahrain, where 0 percent reside.
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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