Shamas Surname
Approximately 4,228 people bear this surname
Shamas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 1,924 | 1:92,850 | 3,055 |
| Saudi Arabia | 477 | 1:64,687 | 9,689 |
| United States | 324 | 1:1,118,700 | 80,737 |
| India | 220 | 1:3,486,661 | 99,274 |
| United Arab Emirates | 219 | 1:41,837 | 4,325 |
| Iran | 206 | 1:372,731 | 24,433 |
| Afghanistan | 186 | 1:172,867 | 3,462 |
| Egypt | 183 | 1:502,381 | 28,715 |
| Oman | 110 | 1:33,527 | 2,360 |
| Canada | 80 | 1:460,570 | 39,784 |
| Qatar | 66 | 1:35,727 | 3,681 |
| Bahrain | 59 | 1:22,858 | 4,582 |
| England | 56 | 1:994,965 | 49,531 |
| Sweden | 18 | 1:547,042 | 39,827 |
| Russia | 13 | 1:11,086,389 | 347,183 |
| Netherlands | 12 | 1:1,407,265 | 75,423 |
| New Zealand | 8 | 1:566,040 | 34,598 |
| Czechia | 6 | 1:1,772,245 | 105,647 |
| Syria | 6 | 1:3,216,837 | 11,326 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Wales | 4 | 1:773,633 | 29,106 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Lebanon | 3 | 1:1,879,028 | 22,073 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
Shamas (22,216) may also be a first name.
Shamas Demographics
Average Shamas Salary in
United States
$53,329 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Shamas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shamas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shamas (Arabic: شمص, Hindi: शमस, Marathi: शमस, Oriya: ସମାସ, Russian: Шамас) is held by more people in Pakistan than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Shamas.
How Common Is The Last Name Shamas? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 110,017th most commonly used last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 1,723,639 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 83 percent of Shamas are found; 60 percent are found in South Asia and 56 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 34,944th most frequent first name world-wide, held by 22,216 people.
The last name Shamas is most commonly held in Pakistan, where it is held by 1,924 people, or 1 in 92,850. In Pakistan Shamas is mostly found in: Punjab, where 69 percent live, Sindh, where 16 percent live and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 11 percent live. Without taking into account Pakistan this last name occurs in 49 countries. It is also common in Saudi Arabia, where 11 percent live and The United States, where 8 percent live.
Shamas Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Shamas surname are 32.82% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 86.05% registered with the political party.
The amount Shamas earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 23.59% more than the national average, earning $53,329 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.57% more than the national average, earning $51,955 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shamas Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shamas in the Hindi language | ||
| शमस | samasa | 90.32 |
| शमास | samasa | 3.23 |
| शम्स | samsa | 2.15 |
| शमास् | samas | 2.15 |
| शामास | samasa | 1.08 |
| शामस | samasa | 1.08 |
| Shamas in the Marathi language | ||
| शमस | samasa | 58.21 |
| शामस | samasa | 20.9 |
| अहमद | ahamada | 5.97 |
| शमास | samasa | 2.99 |
| समद | samada | 2.99 |
| षमास | samasa | 1.49 |
| शमश | samasa | 1.49 |
| समसूद | samasuda | 1.49 |
| समस | samasa | 1.49 |
| Shamas in the Oriya language | ||
| ସମାସ | samasa | 50 |
| ଶମସ | samasa | 50 |
| Shamas in the Russian language | ||
| Шамас | samas | - |
| Shamas in the Arabic language | ||
| شمص | shms | - |
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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 Shamas
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