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 held by more people in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shemshi? popularity and diffusion
Shemshi is the 159,002nd most commonly held last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 2,654,844 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Shemshi are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 94 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 974,243rd most prevalent first name internationally It is held by 95 people.
This surname is most numerous in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 2,576 people, or 1 in 37,867. Aside from Ethiopia it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 5 percent are found and Albania, where 1 percent are found.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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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