Shemais Surname
Approximately 988 people bear this surname
Shemais Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 976 | 1:94,196 | 8,120 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Shemais Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shemais Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shemais occurs more in Egypt more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shemais? popularity and diffusion
Shemais is the 365,146th most frequently occurring surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 7,376,059 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Shemais live; 99 percent live in North Africa and 99 percent live in Arabic North Africa.
The last name is most frequently held in Egypt, where it is held by 976 people, or 1 in 94,196. Without taking into account Egypt Shemais occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Saudi Arabia, where 0 percent reside and The United States, where 0 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 Shemais
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