Al Shield Surname

933,049th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 282 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United Arab Emirates
Highest density in:
United Arab Emirates

Al Shield Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Al Shield Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United Arab Emirates1271:72,1446,726
Yemen1001:264,2539,391
Kuwait481:79,1819,331
Syria51:3,860,20411,832
Lebanon21:2,818,54225,087

Al Shield Last Name Facts

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

The surname Al Shield is borne by more people in The United Arab Emirates than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

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

This last name is the 933,049th most frequently occurring family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 25,842,361 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Al Shield reside; 100 percent reside in West Asia and 98 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula.

The surname Al Shield is most commonly held in The United Arab Emirates, where it is borne by 127 people, or 1 in 72,144. In The United Arab Emirates Al Shield is most common in: Ras al-Khaimah, where 37 percent are found and Abu Dhabi, where 1 percent are found. Excluding The United Arab Emirates it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Yemen, where 35 percent are found and Kuwait, where 17 percent are found.

Al Shield Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is chiefly Shiite (50%) 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 Shield
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