Shemsa Surname
Approximately 137 people bear this surname
Shemsa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 116 | 1:636,893 | 47,292 |
| Ethiopia | 16 | 1:6,096,641 | 11,907 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
Shemsa (5,903) may also be a first name.
Shemsa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shemsa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shemsa (Hindi: शॅम्सा) is found most in The DR Congo. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Shemsa.
How Common Is The Last Name Shemsa? popularity and diffusion
Shemsa is the 1,518,885th most frequently held last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 53,193,766 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Shemsa are found; 85 percent are found in Central Africa and 85 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Shemsa is also the 86,599th most commonly occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 5,903 people.
This last name is most numerous in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 116 people, or 1 in 636,893. Without taking into account The DR Congo this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Ethiopia, where 12 percent reside and Tanzania, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shemsa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shemsa in the Hindi language | ||
| शॅम्सा | semsa | - |
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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 Shemsa
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