Al Shami Surname
Approximately 8,689 people bear this surname
Al Shami Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Syria | 5,539 | 1:3,485 | 407 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1,670 | 1:18,477 | 2,561 |
| United Arab Emirates | 548 | 1:16,719 | 2,010 |
| Yemen | 346 | 1:76,374 | 5,185 |
| Egypt | 336 | 1:273,618 | 18,414 |
| Kuwait | 106 | 1:35,856 | 4,508 |
| Tunisia | 31 | 1:19,698 | 3,144 |
| Lebanon | 31 | 1:181,841 | 8,070 |
| Qatar | 19 | 1:124,105 | 14,725 |
| Jordan | 13 | 1:680,187 | 14,528 |
| Sweden | 12 | 1:820,563 | 61,223 |
| Germany | 8 | 1:10,063,182 | 283,807 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Al Shami Demographics
Al Shami Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Al Shami Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Al Shami Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Al Shami is more commonly found in Syria than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Al Shami? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 58,232nd most commonly held family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 838,709 people. The surname Al Shami is primarily found in Asia, where 95 percent of Al Shami live; 95 percent live in West Asia and 64 percent live in Levant.
The last name Al Shami is most frequently held in Syria, where it is carried by 5,539 people, or 1 in 3,485. In Syria Al Shami is most common in: Homs Governorate, where 62 percent live, Aleppo Governorate, where 21 percent live and Damascus Governorate, where 16 percent live. Beside Syria this last name occurs in 26 countries. It is also common in Saudi Arabia, where 19 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 6 percent live.
Al Shami Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Al Shami last name is chiefly Maronite (96%) 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
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