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
The last name Shamsia (Georgian: შამსია, Hindi: शमसिया, Oriya: ଷମସିଆ) is found most in Egypt. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Shamsia? popularity and diffusion
The surname Shamsia is the 293,013th most frequently held surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 5,588,609 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 72 percent of Shamsia are found; 61 percent are found in North Africa and 61 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 29,598th most frequently held first name in the world, held by 27,717 people.
The surname Shamsia is most frequently used in Egypt, where it is held by 793 people, or 1 in 115,934. Without taking into account Egypt it occurs in 18 countries. It is also common in Jordan, where 20 percent reside and Nigeria, where 10 percent reside.
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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