Elshams Surname
Approximately 1,653 people bear this surname
Elshams Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 1,647 | 1:55,820 | 5,345 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
Elshams Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Elshams Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Elshams occurs in Egypt more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Elshams? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 241,646th most common family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 4,408,679 people. The last name Elshams occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Elshams are found; 100 percent are found in North Africa and 100 percent are found in Arabic North Africa.
The surname Elshams is most frequent in Egypt, where it is held by 1,647 people, or 1 in 55,820. Barring Egypt it occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 0 percent are found and Kuwait, where 0 percent are found.
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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
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