Shames Surname
Approximately 2,268 people bear this surname
Shames Surname Definition:
(from an ancestor's occupation) The Hebrew for sexton.
Shames Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 850 | 1:426,422 | 36,874 |
| Egypt | 793 | 1:115,934 | 9,519 |
| Saudi Arabia | 278 | 1:110,992 | 14,774 |
| Canada | 68 | 1:541,847 | 45,466 |
| Libya | 49 | 1:127,428 | 674 |
| Russia | 46 | 1:3,133,110 | 167,157 |
| Israel | 27 | 1:316,949 | 27,106 |
| Pakistan | 23 | 1:7,767,125 | 41,967 |
| Germany | 20 | 1:4,025,273 | 167,743 |
| South Africa | 17 | 1:3,186,924 | 115,449 |
| Ukraine | 11 | 1:4,138,427 | 206,719 |
| Uzbekistan | 9 | 1:3,436,571 | 32,268 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Lebanon | 8 | 1:704,635 | 14,756 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Paraguay | 3 | 1:2,412,249 | 13,111 |
| Puerto Rico | 3 | 1:1,183,380 | 5,289 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
Shames (1,057) may also be a first name.
Shames Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(from an ancestor's occupation) The Hebrew for sexton.
Shames Demographics
Average Male Shames Height
179.75 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Shames Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shames Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shames (Hindi: शमेस, Marathi: शामेस, Russian: Шамес) occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shames? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 186,661st most commonly used surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 3,213,204 people. The last name Shames is predominantly found in The Americas, where 40 percent of Shames live; 40 percent live in North America and 38 percent live in Anglo-North America. Shames is also the 246,222nd most frequent given name globally, borne by 1,057 people.
This last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 850 people, or 1 in 426,422. In The United States Shames is mostly found in: New York, where 23 percent are found, Florida, where 15 percent are found and California, where 14 percent are found. Not including The United States this last name occurs in 42 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 35 percent are found and Saudi Arabia, where 12 percent are found.
Shames Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Shames are 38.35% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 91.58% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Shames earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 20.85% more than the national average, earning R 287,184 per year; in United States they earn 40.11% more than the national average, earning $60,458 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.03% less than the national average, earning $47,186 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shames Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shames in the Marathi language | ||
| शामेस | samesa | - |
| Shames in the Hindi language | ||
| शमेस | samesa | 50 |
| शम्स | samsa | 50 |
| Shames in the Russian language | ||
| Шамес | sames | - |
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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
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