Shammer Surname
Approximately 2,363 people bear this surname
Shammer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iraq | 1,252 | 1:27,973 | 1,405 |
| Yemen | 760 | 1:34,770 | 3,167 |
| Jordan | 312 | 1:28,341 | 3,681 |
| Iran | 9 | 1:8,531,392 | 160,212 |
| Syria | 9 | 1:2,144,558 | 9,551 |
| Palestine | 6 | 1:758,142 | 14,544 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
Shammer (165) may also be a first name.
Shammer Demographics
Shammer Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Shammer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shammer Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shammer (Hindi: शम्मेर, Marathi: शमीर) is found most frequently in Iraq. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shammer? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 180,383rd most commonly held family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 3,084,023 people. The surname Shammer is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Shammer are found; 99 percent are found in West Asia and 67 percent are found in Levant. Shammer is also the 712,876th most frequently occurring forename in the world It is held by 165 people.
Shammer is most commonly used in Iraq, where it is carried by 1,252 people, or 1 in 27,973. Besides Iraq Shammer exists in 14 countries. It also occurs in Yemen, where 32 percent live and Jordan, where 13 percent live.
Shammer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Shammer has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Shammer last name declined 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Shammer Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is principally Shiite (50%) in Lebanon.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shammer Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shammer in the Marathi language | ||
| शमीर | samira | - |
| Shammer in the Hindi language | ||
| शम्मेर | sam'mera | 66.67 |
| शममेर | samamera | 33.33 |
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Shammer Reference & Research
Shammar FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Shammer
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