Al Shater Surname

77,612th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,302 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Yemen
Highest density in:
Yemen

Al Shater Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Al Shater Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Yemen4,1421:6,380875
Syria8011:24,0961,686
Jordan7141:12,3842,162
Lebanon4101:13,7491,913
Egypt1221:753,57238,342
Kuwait771:49,3605,585
Palestine151:303,25710,878
Tunisia141:43,6166,025
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Al Shater Last Name Facts

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

Al Shater is most common in Yemen. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

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

The last name Al Shater is the 77,612th most frequent family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 1,156,386 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Al Shater are found; 98 percent are found in West Asia and 67 percent are found in Arabian Peninsula.

The last name is most frequently used in Yemen, where it is carried by 4,142 people, or 1 in 6,380. In Yemen Al Shater is mostly found in: Ibb Governorate, where 49 percent are found, Amanat Al Asimah, where 24 percent are found and Ma'rib Governorate, where 9 percent are found. Barring Yemen this surname exists in 11 countries. It is also common in Syria, where 13 percent are found and Jordan, where 11 percent are found.

Al Shater Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Al Shater surname is primarily Maronite (63%) 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 Shater
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