Al Shamali Surname

183,591st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,313 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Yemen
Highest density in:
Syria

Al Shamali Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Al Shamali Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Yemen1,0701:24,6972,485
Syria9091:21,2331,521
Jordan1581:55,9655,337
Kuwait1351:28,1533,584
United Arab Emirates151:610,81823,687
Tunisia91:67,8478,246
Palestine51:909,77015,190
Lebanon41:1,409,27119,641
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Al Shamali Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Al Shamali Come From? nationality or country of origin

Al Shamali is found most in Yemen. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Al Shamali.

How Common Is The Last Name Al Shamali? popularity and diffusion

The last name Al Shamali is the 183,591st most widespread family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 3,150,690 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Al Shamali reside; 99 percent reside in West Asia and 53 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula.

The last name Al Shamali is most common in Yemen, where it is borne by 1,070 people, or 1 in 24,697. In Yemen Al Shamali is most prevalent in: Hadramaut Governorate, where 69 percent are found, Hajjah Governorate, where 23 percent are found and Sana'a Governorate, where 7 percent are found. Barring Yemen this last name exists in 14 countries. It is also common in Syria, where 39 percent are found and Jordan, where 7 percent are found.

Al Shamali Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Al Shamali last name is principally Sunni (75%) 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
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Al Shamali
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