Shamous Surname
Approximately 50 people bear this surname
Shamous Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iraq | 26 | 1:1,346,987 | 15,017 |
| Syria | 11 | 1:1,754,638 | 8,509 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Shamous (776) may also be a first name.
Shamous Demographics
Shamous Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Shamous Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shamous Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shamous is more frequently found in Iraq than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shamous? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,746,821st most frequent family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Shamous are found; 98 percent are found in West Asia and 78 percent are found in Levant. It is also the 294,592nd most commonly used given name in the world It is held by 776 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Iraq, where it is borne by 26 people, or 1 in 1,346,987. Not including Iraq it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Syria, where 22 percent reside and The United Arab Emirates, where 16 percent reside.
Shamous Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is predominantly Maronite (50%) in Lebanon.
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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 Shamous
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