Shamai Surname
Approximately 266 people bear this surname
Shamai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 88 | 1:517,303 | 58,849 |
| United States | 51 | 1:7,107,038 | 327,397 |
| India | 25 | 1:30,682,615 | 377,978 |
| Afghanistan | 18 | 1:1,786,288 | 13,520 |
| Zimbabwe | 14 | 1:1,102,731 | 66,551 |
| Canada | 13 | 1:2,834,276 | 161,175 |
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| Mexico | 8 | 1:15,515,776 | 47,773 |
| Russia | 7 | 1:20,589,008 | 462,339 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 1:35,728,777 | 102,388 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Shamai (393) may also be a first name.
Shamai Demographics
Average Shamai Salary in
United States
$99,362 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Shamai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shamai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shamai (Georgian: შამაი, Hindi: शमई, Marathi: शामाई, Oriya: ଶମାଇ) occurs in Ukraine more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Shamai.
How Common Is The Last Name Shamai? popularity and diffusion
Shamai is the 973,426th most frequently held family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 27,396,789 people. The surname Shamai occurs mostly in Europe, where 40 percent of Shamai live; 36 percent live in Eastern Europe and 36 percent live in East Slavic Europe. Shamai is also the 436,161st most prevalent first name globally, held by 393 people.
The surname Shamai is most frequent in Ukraine, where it is held by 88 people, or 1 in 517,303. In Ukraine it is mostly found in: Kharkiv Oblast, where 75 percent live, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, where 6 percent live and Chernihiv Oblast, where 5 percent live. Other than Ukraine Shamai is found in 24 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 19 percent live and India, where 9 percent live.
Shamai Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Shamai surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% being registered with the political party.
The amount Shamai earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 130.28% more than the national average, earning $99,362 USD per year and in Canada they earn 59.28% more than the national average, earning $79,135 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shamai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shamai in the Georgian language | ||
| შამაი | shamai | - |
| Shamai in the Oriya language | ||
| ଶମାଇ | sama'i | - |
| Shamai in the Marathi language | ||
| शामाई | sama'i | 66.67 |
| शमाई | sama'i | 5.56 |
| शामल | samala | 5.56 |
| शामई | sama'i | 5.56 |
| शामइर् | sama'ir | 5.56 |
| शमाईला | sama'ila | 5.56 |
| शामली | samali | 5.56 |
| Shamai in the Hindi language | ||
| शमई | sama'i | 26.32 |
| शमै | samai | 15.79 |
| शमि | sami | 15.79 |
| शमाी | samai | 15.79 |
| शमाइ | sama'i | 5.26 |
| शमइ | sama'i | 5.26 |
| शमाि | samai | 5.26 |
| शामै | samai | 5.26 |
| शमाई | sama'i | 5.26 |
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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 Shamai
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