Shmeisani Surname

488,996th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 678 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lebanon
Highest density in:
Lebanon

Shmeisani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shmeisani Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lebanon5981:9,4271,425
Jordan461:192,2279,325
United Arab Emirates301:305,40920,323
Kuwait41:950,17418,811

Shmeisani Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Shmeisani Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Shmeisani is carried by more people in Lebanon than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Shmeisani? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 488,996th most commonly used family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 10,748,593 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Shmeisani are found; 100 percent are found in West Asia and 95 percent are found in Levant.

It is most frequent in Lebanon, where it is carried by 598 people, or 1 in 9,427. In Lebanon it is most frequent in: Nabatiye Governorate, where 50 percent are found, Beirut Governorate, where 23 percent are found and South Governorate, where 19 percent are found. Barring Lebanon this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Jordan, where 7 percent are found and The United Arab Emirates, where 4 percent are found.

Shmeisani Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is chiefly Shiite (96%) in Lebanon.

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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 Shmeisani
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