Shamss Surname
Approximately 338 people bear this surname
Shamss Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 305 | 1:301,429 | 19,796 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Iran | 3 | 1:25,594,175 | 224,183 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Shamss (308) may also be a first name.
Shamss Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shamss Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shamss is more commonly found in Egypt than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Shamss? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 821,713th most frequently occurring last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 21,560,787 people. The last name Shamss occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Shamss live; 92 percent live in North Africa and 90 percent live in Arabic North Africa. Shamss is also the 501,377th most frequent first name internationally, held by 308 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Egypt, where it is borne by 305 people, or 1 in 301,429. Without taking into account Egypt it occurs in 14 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent reside and Qatar, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Shamss
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