El-Sheemy Surname

586,691st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 533 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

El-Sheemy Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: El.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El-Sheemy 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
Egypt5191:177,14013,144
England91:6,190,895170,599
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

El-Sheemy Last Name Facts

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

The last name El-Sheemy is carried by more people in Egypt than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

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

The last name is the 586,691st most common family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 13,672,694 people. The surname El-Sheemy occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of El-Sheemy are found; 97 percent are found in North Africa and 97 percent are found in Arabic North Africa.

It is most commonly held in Egypt, where it is carried by 519 people, or 1 in 177,140. Besides Egypt El-Sheemy is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 2 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

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-Shemy94796/
El Sheemy89584/
El-Sehemy899/
El-Shemey894/
El-Sheimy894/
El-Shemmy892/
El-Shiemy891/
El Seheemy844/
El Shehemy841/
El-Shamy825,535/
El Shemy821,377/
El-Shimy821,045/
El-Sheme824/
El-Shemi821/
El Sheimy78216/
El-Shamey785/
El Sehemy784/
El Sheemi781/
El Shiemy781/
El Shemiy781/
El Shamy717,101/
El Shimy711,533/
El-Shami71686/
El-Shimi71124/
El Shemi71122/
El-Semeh714/
El-Samoy714/
El Shoumy6710,735/
El-Samahy67524/
El Sehamy67123/
El Shamey676/
El Shimey674/
El Sehemi671/
El Shehmi671/
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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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-Sheemy
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