Chamss Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Chamss Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 1:2,110,897 | 88,902 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chamss (15) may also be a first name.
Chamss Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chamss Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chamss (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺷﻤﺲ) is more commonly found in Morocco than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Chamss.
How Common Is The Last Name Chamss? popularity and diffusion
Chamss is the 3,730,171st most commonly occurring family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 54 percent of Chamss reside; 54 percent reside in Western Europe and 50 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 2,900,335th most commonly occurring first name in the world, borne by 15 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Morocco, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 3,830,678. Without taking into account Morocco it occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 29 percent are found and Germany, where 21 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chamss Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chamss in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺷﻤﺲ | shms | - |
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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 Chamss
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