Shamoun Surname
Approximately 30,599 people bear this surname
Shamoun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iraq | 14,928 | 1:2,346 | 287 |
| Lebanon | 8,356 | 1:675 | 122 |
| Sudan | 2,520 | 1:14,885 | 2,042 |
| Syria | 1,635 | 1:11,805 | 998 |
| United States | 955 | 1:379,538 | 33,538 |
| Jordan | 564 | 1:15,678 | 2,543 |
| Sweden | 501 | 1:19,654 | 1,643 |
| Egypt | 366 | 1:251,191 | 17,305 |
| Saudi Arabia | 278 | 1:110,992 | 14,774 |
| Canada | 81 | 1:454,884 | 39,362 |
| United Arab Emirates | 58 | 1:157,970 | 11,714 |
| Kuwait | 58 | 1:65,529 | 7,566 |
| Australia | 53 | 1:509,353 | 38,491 |
| Belgium | 47 | 1:244,609 | 30,321 |
| Netherlands | 40 | 1:422,179 | 43,576 |
| Pakistan | 37 | 1:4,828,213 | 31,875 |
| Qatar | 19 | 1:124,105 | 14,725 |
| Palestine | 18 | 1:252,714 | 10,113 |
| Austria | 16 | 1:532,215 | 49,801 |
| Denmark | 11 | 1:513,156 | 32,022 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| France | 7 | 1:9,488,960 | 336,266 |
| Spain | 6 | 1:7,792,006 | 100,283 |
| Afghanistan | 5 | 1:6,430,637 | 27,710 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
Shamoun (1,549) may also be a first name.
Shamoun Demographics
Average Shamoun Salary in
United States
$57,188 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Shamoun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shamoun Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shamoun (Hindi: शमौं) occurs most in Iraq. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Shamoun click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shamoun? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 18,042nd most numerous family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 238,163 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 85 percent of Shamoun are found; 85 percent are found in West Asia and 83 percent are found in Levant. Shamoun is also the 196,936th most numerous given name world-wide It is held by 1,549 people.
The surname is most frequent in Iraq, where it is borne by 14,928 people, or 1 in 2,346. Without taking into account Iraq this last name occurs in 41 countries. It also occurs in Lebanon, where 27 percent live and Sudan, where 8 percent live.
Shamoun Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Shamoun surname is predominantly Maronite (80%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Shamoun last name are 10.72% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 57.49% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Shamoun earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 32.54% more than the national average, earning $57,188 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.39% less than the national average, earning $48,992 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shamoun Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shamoun in the Hindi language | ||
| शमौं | samaum | - |
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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 Shamoun
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