El Shammas Surname

156,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,790 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lebanon
Highest density in:
Lebanon

El Shammas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El Shammas 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
Lebanon2,2571:2,498469
Jordan2451:36,0924,217
Syria1831:105,4703,409
Palestine591:77,0996,249
Kuwait391:97,45410,676
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
Display Statistics on:
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Lebanon

El Shammas Demographics

El Shammas Religious Adherence
in Lebanon

Sample size: 1,325 (2014)

Religious Adherence
in Lebanon

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El Shammas Last Name Facts

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

The last name El Shammas is held by more people in Lebanon than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of El Shammas click here.

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

El Shammas is the 156,861st most widespread surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 2,612,024 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of El Shammas reside; 100 percent reside in West Asia and 98 percent reside in Levant.

The surname is most commonly held in Lebanon, where it is carried by 2,257 people, or 1 in 2,498. In Lebanon it is most numerous in: Mount Lebanon Governorate, where 37 percent live, North Governorate, where 34 percent live and Beqaa Governorate, where 10 percent live. Not including Lebanon it occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Jordan, where 9 percent live and Syria, where 7 percent live.

El Shammas Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is chiefly Greek Orthodox (61%) 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 Shamas951/
El Shammaa90221/
El Chammas9053/
El Shammat903/
El Shammai901/
El Shammah901/
El Shama89165/
El Samas894/
El Shammaah864/
El Shamahas861/
El Shamaa843,806/
El Sammaa84165/
El Sammad84122/
El Shamah8415/
El Shamea846/
El Chamma843/
El Sammah842/
El Shamai841/
El Sama827,584/
El-Shammaa80195/
El-Chammas8018/
El Chammah8010/
El Shaimaa806/
El Shamahy804/
El Chaumas801/
El-Shammah801/
El Samai7820,456/
El Samad7883/
El Samah7832/
El Chama789/
El Samaa785/
El Samat784/
El Samea781/
El Samay781/
El Sammo781/
El Shamo781/
El Shammout761,424/
El Samahy742,448/
El Chamaa74232/
El Samaid74191/
El-Shamaa74127/
El Shouma7446/
El-Chamma746/
El Shamey746/
El Sama'a744/
El-Sammad742/
El Samaat741/
El Samiea741/
El Shounma701/
El-Samad6713/
El Samei671/
El Shamhout671/
El Zamaa671/
El Souma671/
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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 Shammas
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