Shemshi Surname
Approximately 2,745 people bear this surname
Shemshi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 2,576 | 1:37,867 | 4,280 |
| Tanzania | 150 | 1:352,944 | 26,073 |
| Albania | 14 | 1:208,147 | 13,618 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 1:2,326,302 | 54,089 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
Shemshi (95) may also be a first name.
Shemshi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shemshi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shemshi is more frequently found in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shemshi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 159,002nd most commonly occurring family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 2,654,844 people. Shemshi is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Shemshi reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 94 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 974,243rd most widespread first name internationally It is held by 95 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 2,576 people, or 1 in 37,867. Other than Ethiopia this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 5 percent live and Albania, where 1 percent live.
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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 Shemshi
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