El-Shamy Surname

86,980th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,535 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

El-Shamy Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: El.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El-Shamy Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt5,2171:17,6222,049
Saudi Arabia2781:110,99214,774
United States141:25,889,924709,614
United Arab Emirates91:1,018,03036,884
England51:11,143,612252,590
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
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El-Shamy Demographics

Average El-Shamy Salary in
United States

$35,979 USD

Per year
Rank:
859,423 of 1,180,305
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
2.53123E-6
Rank: 874,961 of 1,181,369
Percentage of national average salary:
83.38%
Sample size: 6 (2014)

Average Salary in
United States

$43,149 USD

Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD

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El-Shamy Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name El-Shamy Come From? nationality or country of origin

El-Shamy is more frequently found in Egypt than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of El-Shamy.

How Common Is The Last Name El-Shamy? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 86,980th most commonly used surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,316,630 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of El-Shamy reside; 94 percent reside in North Africa and 94 percent reside in Arabic North Africa.

The last name El-Shamy is most frequently used in Egypt, where it is held by 5,217 people, or 1 in 17,622. Beside Egypt it is found in 12 countries. It is also found in Saudi Arabia, where 5 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

El-Shamy Last Name Statistics demography

El-Shamy earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 16.62% less than the national average, earning $35,979 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El-Shamey945/
El Shamy887,101/
El-Shemy88796/
El-Shami88686/
El-Samoy884/
El-Chamy882/
El-Sheemy82533/
El-Samahy82524/
El-Shamaa82127/
El Shamey826/
El-Sheimy824/
El-Shemey824/
El-Shemmy822/
El Samy80158/
El-Shammaa78195/
El Shamahy784/
El-Shamieh781/
El Shami7595,497/
El Shemy751,377/
El Shama75165/
El-Chami75157/
El Shame7510/
El Chamy757/
El Samhy757/
El-Samie754/
El-Sheme754/
El Samay751/
El Sammy751/
El-Shemi751/
El Shoumy7110,735/
El Shamaa713,806/
El Samahy712,448/
El Sheemy71584/
El Shameh71228/
El Sheimy71216/
El Shamea716/
El Shaimi714/
El Sahami711/
El Samouy711/
El Shamai711/
El Shemiy711/
El Sama677,584/
El Shammaa67221/
El Sami6737/
El Shaimaa676/
El Shammai671/
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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 El-Shamy
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