Al Shamai Surname
Approximately 173 people bear this surname
Al Shamai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lebanon | 167 | 1:33,755 | 3,323 |
| Yemen | 6 | 1:4,404,216 | 18,907 |
Al Shamai Demographics
Al Shamai Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Al Shamai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Al Shamai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Al Shamai is found most frequently in Lebanon. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Al Shamai click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Al Shamai? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,305,105th most commonly held family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 42,124,543 people. The last name Al Shamai is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Al Shamai live; 100 percent live in West Asia and 97 percent live in Levant.
The last name Al Shamai is most frequently held in Lebanon, where it is carried by 167 people, or 1 in 33,755. In Lebanon it is most prevalent in: South Governorate, where 71 percent live, Mount Lebanon Governorate, where 23 percent live and Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, where 2 percent live. Outside of Lebanon this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Yemen, where 3 percent live.
Al Shamai Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Al Shamai surname is primarily Melkite Greek Catholic (97%) 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
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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
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