El Shameya Surname

1,882,912th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 97 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lebanon
Highest density in:
Lebanon

El Shameya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El Shameya 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
Lebanon591:95,5445,831
Syria251:772,0416,079
Oman111:335,2704,992
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Display Statistics on:
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Lebanon

El Shameya Demographics

El Shameya Religious Adherence
in Lebanon

Sample size: 34 (2014)

Religious Adherence
in Lebanon

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El Shameya Last Name Facts

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

El Shameya is more commonly found in Lebanon than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of El Shameya click here.

How Common Is The Last Name El Shameya? popularity and diffusion

El Shameya is the 1,882,912th most widely held family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 75,129,339 people. El Shameya occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of El Shameya live; 100 percent live in West Asia and 87 percent live in Levant.

This last name is most commonly used in Lebanon, where it is held by 59 people, or 1 in 95,544. In Lebanon El Shameya is most numerous in: South Governorate, where 92 percent live, Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, where 5 percent live and Beirut Governorate, where 2 percent live. Outside of Lebanon this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Syria, where 26 percent live and Oman, where 11 percent live.

El Shameya Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the El Shameya last name is primarily Sunni (53%) in Lebanon.

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 Shamey956/
El Shamea956/
El Shamiya901/
El Samea891/
El Shamaa843,806/
El-Shamey845/
El Samiea841/
El Shamai841/
El Shammaa80221/
El Samayah8032/
El Shaimaa806/
El Shamahy804/
El Shamaie804/
El Shammai801/
El Samai7820,456/
El Samie78593/
El Samaa785/
El Samei781/
El Samay781/
El Samahy742,448/
El Samaid74191/
El Sammaa74165/
El-Shamaa74127/
El Ssamie744/
El Sama'a744/
El Samawe744/
El-Shemey744/
El Samouy741/
El-Shammaa70195/
El Samayeh702/
El-Shamieh701/
El Shammout671,424/
El-Samie674/
El-Samoy674/
El Samaweed672/
El Shamhout671/
El Samout63535/
El-Samahy63524/
El Samoud634/
El Shomou633/
El Samaha631/
El Soumaye601/
El-Shamhout574/
El Chamouch571/
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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 Shameya
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