Shamsia Surname
Approximately 1,304 people bear this surname
Shamsia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 793 | 1:115,934 | 9,519 |
| Jordan | 261 | 1:33,879 | 4,065 |
| Nigeria | 136 | 1:1,302,520 | 51,596 |
| Pakistan | 69 | 1:2,589,042 | 22,337 |
| India | 15 | 1:51,137,692 | 512,385 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
Shamsia (27,717) may also be a first name.
Shamsia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shamsia Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shamsia (Georgian: შამსია, Hindi: शमसिया, Oriya: ଷମସିଆ) is borne by more people in Egypt than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shamsia? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 293,013th most widely held surname globally, borne by around 1 in 5,588,609 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 72 percent of Shamsia reside; 61 percent reside in North Africa and 61 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. Shamsia is also the 29,598th most widely held first name in the world It is held by 27,717 people.
The surname Shamsia is most commonly used in Egypt, where it is carried by 793 people, or 1 in 115,934. Not including Egypt it exists in 18 countries. It also occurs in Jordan, where 20 percent live and Nigeria, where 10 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shamsia Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shamsia in the Georgian language | ||
| შამსია | shamsia | - |
| Shamsia in the Hindi language | ||
| शमसिया | samasiya | - |
| Shamsia in the Oriya language | ||
| ଷମସିଆ | samasi'a | - |
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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 Shamsia
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