Shamakh Surname
Approximately 3,363 people bear this surname
Shamakh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yemen | 2,769 | 1:9,543 | 1,207 |
| Egypt | 488 | 1:188,393 | 13,801 |
| Iraq | 42 | 1:833,849 | 11,429 |
| United Arab Emirates | 33 | 1:277,645 | 19,302 |
| Russia | 8 | 1:18,015,382 | 436,635 |
| Kazakhstan | 5 | 1:3,536,499 | 118,599 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
Shamakh (35) may also be a first name.
Shamakh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shamakh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shamakh (Georgian: შამახ, Hindi: शमख, Marathi: शामख, Russian: Шамах) is more frequently found in Yemen than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Shamakh? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 133,953rd most common last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 2,166,978 people. The last name Shamakh occurs mostly in Asia, where 85 percent of Shamakh reside; 85 percent reside in West Asia and 83 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula. Shamakh is also the 1,744,716th most frequent forename in the world It is held by 35 people.
The surname Shamakh is most widespread in Yemen, where it is held by 2,769 people, or 1 in 9,543. In Yemen it is primarily concentrated in: Ma'rib Governorate, where 46 percent live, Al Hudaydah Governorate, where 17 percent live and Amanat Al Asimah, where 9 percent live. Not including Yemen it occurs in 17 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 15 percent live and Iraq, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shamakh Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shamakh in the Georgian language | ||
| შამახ | shamakh | - |
| Shamakh in the Hindi language | ||
| शमख | samakha | - |
| Shamakh in the Marathi language | ||
| शामख | samakha | - |
| Shamakh in the Russian language | ||
| Шамах | samah | - |
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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 Shamakh
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