Qamous Surname
Approximately 154 people bear this surname
Qamous Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yemen | 147 | 1:179,764 | 8,164 |
| Iran | 6 | 1:12,797,087 | 199,837 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
Qamous Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Qamous Come From? nationality or country of origin
Qamous is borne by more people in Yemen than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Qamous click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Qamous? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,409,418th most prevalent last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 47,321,727 people. The last name Qamous is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Qamous live; 95 percent live in West Asia and 95 percent live in Arabian Peninsula.
It is most numerous in Yemen, where it is borne by 147 people, or 1 in 179,764. In Yemen Qamous is mostly concentrated in: Al Hudaydah Governorate, where 85 percent are found, Sana'a Governorate, where 11 percent are found and Hajjah Governorate, where 3 percent are found. Besides Yemen it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 4 percent are found and Morocco, where 1 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Qamous
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