Elshemi Surname

525,029th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 618 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

Elshemi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Elshemi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt6101:150,71411,610
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Elshemi Last Name Facts

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

Elshemi is found in Egypt more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Elshemi? popularity and diffusion

Elshemi is the 525,029th most numerous last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 11,792,145 people. Elshemi is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Elshemi reside; 99 percent reside in North Africa and 99 percent reside in Arabic North Africa.

This surname is most frequently used in Egypt, where it is held by 610 people, or 1 in 150,714. Aside from Egypt this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Qatar, where 1 percent are found and Saudi Arabia, 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
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Elshemi
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