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 last name Shammer (Hindi: शम्मेर, Marathi: शमीर) occurs most in Iraq. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shammer? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 180,383rd most commonly used last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,084,023 people. Shammer occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Shammer live; 99 percent live in West Asia and 67 percent live in Levant. Shammer is also the 712,876th most frequent first name throughout the world, borne by 165 people.
The surname Shammer is most numerous in Iraq, where it is held by 1,252 people, or 1 in 27,973. Beside Iraq it exists in 14 countries. It is also common in Yemen, where 32 percent reside and Jordan, where 13 percent reside.
Shammer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Shammer has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Shammer surname fell 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Shammer Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Shammer 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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