El Shamy Surname

69,703rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,101 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

El Shamy Surname User-submission:

The surname means 'from Levantine' in Arabic. Holders of the surname may have ancestry from the Levantine region.

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
Egypt6,6201:13,8881,660
Saudi Arabia3981:77,52710,981
Kuwait291:131,05814,967
Qatar191:124,10514,725
United Arab Emirates111:832,93427,512
United States91:40,273,215872,126
England41:13,929,515290,718
Austria31:2,838,47893,604
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
France11:66,422,722504,397
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
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El Shamy Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The surname means 'from Levantine' in Arabic. Holders of the surname may have ancestry from the Levantine region.

- ehab_eldeeb
DNA test information

El Shamy Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Shamy is found most in Egypt. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

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

It is the 69,703rd most numerous family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 1,026,270 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of El Shamy live; 93 percent live in North Africa and 93 percent live in Arabic North Africa.

This last name is most frequently held in Egypt, where it is held by 6,620 people, or 1 in 13,888. Aside from Egypt this surname exists in 14 countries. It is also common in Saudi Arabia, where 6 percent reside and Kuwait, where 0 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 Shamey946/
El Samy93158/
El Shamahy894/
El Shami8895,497/
El-Shamy885,535/
El Shemy881,377/
El Shama88165/
El Shame8810/
El Chamy887/
El Samhy887/
El Sammy881/
El Samay881/
El Shoumy8210,735/
El Shamaa823,806/
El Samahy822,448/
El Sheemy82584/
El Shameh82228/
El Sheimy82216/
El Shamea826/
El-Shamey825/
El Shaimi824/
El Shamai821/
El Samouy821/
El Sahami821/
El Shemiy821/
El Sama807,584/
El Sami8037/
El Shammaa78221/
El Shaimaa786/
El Shammai781/
El Samai7520,456/
El Zohmy752,544/
El Samit751,282/
El Chami75813/
El-Shemy75796/
El-Shami75686/
El Samie75593/
El Samet75162/
El Shemi75122/
El Samih7522/
El Samaa755/
El Samer754/
El Sahmi754/
El-Samoy754/
El Samed752/
El-Chamy752/
El Zaimy752/
El Samea751/
El Sameh751/
El Sayme751/
El Samei751/
El-Sheemy71533/
El-Samahy71524/
El Shoumi71205/
El Samaid71191/
El Sammaa71165/
El-Shamaa71127/
El Shouma7146/
El Ssamie714/
El Sama'a714/
El Shoomi714/
El-Sheimy714/
El-Shemey714/
El Zahami713/
El-Shemmy712/
El Samher711/
El Samaha711/
El Shehmi711/
El Sheemi711/
El Samiea711/
El-Shammaa67195/
El-Shamieh671/
El Chamess671/
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to El Shamy
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