Shamlawi Surname

377,345th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 947 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Palestine
Highest density in:
Palestine

Shamlawi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shamlawi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Palestine4141:10,9882,139
Saudi Arabia2781:110,99214,774
Jordan2271:38,9534,408
Israel141:611,26042,949
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Lebanon21:2,818,54225,087
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Tunisia11:610,62630,336

Shamlawi (12) may also be a first name.

Shamlawi Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Shamlawi Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Shamlawi has its highest incidence in Palestine. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Shamlawi? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 377,345th most widely held last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 7,695,402 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Shamlawi reside; 100 percent reside in West Asia and 68 percent reside in Levant. It is also the 3,306,491st most commonly occurring first name in the world, held by 12 people.

The surname Shamlawi is most prevalent in Palestine, where it is borne by 414 people, or 1 in 10,988. In Palestine it is most frequent in: Salfit Governorate, where 88 percent are found, Nablus Governorate, where 9 percent are found and Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, where 2 percent are found. Apart from Palestine it is found in 11 countries. It is also common in Saudi Arabia, where 29 percent are found and Jordan, where 24 percent are found.

Shamlawi Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Shamlawi surname is predominantly Greek Orthodox (50%) in Lebanon.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Samlawi93484/
Shamlawy88125/
Samlawa801/
Sanlawit7564/
Samlobai751/
Shamluoui711/
Shamlyova711/
Sanlawe67294/
Sanlavi6718/
Sanlabi675/
Samlowe674/
Somlavi671/
Somlabai631/
Somlabhai5917/
Semellawy592/
Sanlave5358/
Somlóva531/
Somlabe531/
Sanlowe531/
Somloova501/

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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 Shamlawi
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