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 last name Elshams is more commonly found in Egypt than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Elshams? popularity and diffusion
It is the 241,646th most frequent surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 4,408,679 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Elshams live; 100 percent live in North Africa and 100 percent live in Arabic North Africa.
The surname Elshams is most common in Egypt, where it is held by 1,647 people, or 1 in 55,820. Apart from Egypt Elshams occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 0 percent reside and Kuwait, where 0 percent reside.
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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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