Al Shuja Surname
Approximately 16,947 people bear this surname
Al Shuja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yemen | 16,772 | 1:1,576 | 239 |
| United Arab Emirates | 170 | 1:53,896 | 5,278 |
| Lebanon | 5 | 1:1,127,417 | 17,983 |
Al Shuja Demographics
Al Shuja Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Al Shuja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Al Shuja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Al Shuja is held by more people in Yemen than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Al Shuja? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 31,500th most commonly held surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 430,020 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Al Shuja live; 100 percent live in West Asia and 100 percent live in Arabian Peninsula.
The last name Al Shuja is most numerous in Yemen, where it is carried by 16,772 people, or 1 in 1,576. In Yemen it is most numerous in: Ibb Governorate, where 54 percent reside, Taiz Governorate, where 20 percent reside and Amanat Al Asimah, where 8 percent reside. Besides Yemen this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent reside and Lebanon, where 0 percent reside.
Al Shuja Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name 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
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