Shamsiah Surname

849,693rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 322 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

Shamsiah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shamsiah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt2441:376,78623,402
Indonesia471:2,813,813160,835
Malaysia161:1,843,38974,511
United Arab Emirates111:832,93427,512
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Shamsiah (6,140) may also be a first name.

Shamsiah Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Shamsiah Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Shamsiah is held by more people in Egypt than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Shamsiah click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Shamsiah? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 849,693rd most common last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 22,632,130 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 76 percent of Shamsiah reside; 76 percent reside in North Africa and 76 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 84,406th most frequently occurring first name in the world It is held by 6,140 people.

It is most frequently held in Egypt, where it is carried by 244 people, or 1 in 376,786. Other than Egypt this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 15 percent reside and Malaysia, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Samsiah9310,766/
Shamsia931,304/
Shamsyah8878/
Sjamsiah8866/
Shamshia883/
Shamsiha882/
Shamsiae881/
Samsia861,588/
Shamsiaei821/
Shemsia806,767/
Siamsia801,128/
Samsyah80214/
Chamsia80212/
Shamsya805/
Sjamsia805/
Shamzia804/
Samsiat803/
Somsiah803/
Samshia803/
Shamsea801/
Sehmsia801/
Samsiha801/
Shemshia751,449/
Chamssia7528/
Chamsyah7516/
Siamsyah756/
Shemssia754/
Shamshea752/
Chamsiat751/
Chaimsia751/
Zamsia71577/
Samsea7166/
Semsia715/
Samzia712/
Samjia711/
Samsya711/
Shemsya671,933/
Somsiha6770/
Siemsia6730/
Samsyad673/
Zamssia672/
Soumsia671/
Shamcya671/
Shamsujjha671/
Samrzia671/

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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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  • 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 Shamsiah
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