Al Shama Surname
Approximately 1,199 people bear this surname
Al Shama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lebanon | 1,063 | 1:5,303 | 932 |
| Syria | 63 | 1:306,365 | 4,524 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| Palestine | 23 | 1:197,776 | 9,224 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Al Shama Demographics
Al Shama Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Al Shama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Al Shama Come From? nationality or country of origin
Al Shama is carried by more people in Lebanon than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Al Shama? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 313,426th most common family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 6,078,020 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Al Shama reside; 100 percent reside in West Asia and 96 percent reside in Levant.
This last name is most common in Lebanon, where it is borne by 1,063 people, or 1 in 5,303. In Lebanon Al Shama is most numerous in: Mount Lebanon Governorate, where 82 percent live, Beqaa Governorate, where 8 percent live and Beirut Governorate, where 8 percent live. Without taking into account Lebanon this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Syria, where 5 percent live and Kuwait, where 3 percent live.
Al Shama Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily Sunni (83%) in Lebanon.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Shama
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