Hamsy Surname
Approximately 98 people bear this surname
Hamsy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Syria | 44 | 1:438,660 | 5,021 |
| Lebanon | 17 | 1:331,593 | 10,584 |
| Palestine | 15 | 1:303,257 | 10,878 |
| Senegal | 5 | 1:2,915,868 | 5,479 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Hamsy (32) may also be a first name.
Hamsy Demographics
Hamsy Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Hamsy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hamsy Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hamsy (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺣﻤﺴﻰ) is more frequently found in Syria than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hamsy? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,871,545th most commonly held surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 74,362,713 people. The surname Hamsy occurs mostly in Asia, where 89 percent of Hamsy reside; 85 percent reside in West Asia and 78 percent reside in Levant. Hamsy is also the 1,840,253rd most commonly occurring first name in the world, borne by 32 people.
This last name is most widely held in Syria, where it is held by 44 people, or 1 in 438,660. In Syria Hamsy is primarily concentrated in: Homs Governorate, where 100 percent live. Besides Syria this last name is found in 10 countries. It is also found in Lebanon, where 17 percent live and Palestine, where 15 percent live.
Hamsy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Hamsy has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Hamsy surname decreased 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Hamsy Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Hamsy surname is predominantly Sunni (75%) in Lebanon.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hamsy Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hamsy in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺣﻤﺴﻰ | hmsy | - |
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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 Hamsy
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