Al Shamma Surname
Approximately 430 people bear this surname
Al Shamma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yemen | 300 | 1:88,084 | 5,688 |
| Syria | 83 | 1:232,542 | 4,179 |
| United Arab Emirates | 30 | 1:305,409 | 20,323 |
| Palestine | 8 | 1:568,606 | 13,348 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Al Shamma (16) may also be a first name.
Al Shamma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Al Shamma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Al Shamma occurs more in Yemen more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Al Shamma? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 688,723rd most common surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 16,947,781 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Al Shamma reside; 99 percent reside in West Asia and 77 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula. It is also the 2,786,762nd most widely held forename on earth, borne by 16 people.
It is most prevalent in Yemen, where it is held by 300 people, or 1 in 88,084. In Yemen it is mostly concentrated in: Al Hudaydah Governorate, where 97 percent reside, Sana'a Governorate, where 3 percent reside and Dhamar Governorate, where 0 percent reside. Aside from Yemen it occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in Syria, where 19 percent reside and The United Arab Emirates, where 7 percent reside.
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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 Shamma
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