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    The surname Shami

    An Arabic surname, carried by 574 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S500

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shami is more common than 76.3% of them.

    Origin

    Arabic origin

    Borrowed from Arabic شَامِيّ (šāmiyy, “Syrian; Damascene”). This surname is predominantly found in Yemen and Iran.

    One of 179 Arabic surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 574 people named Shami in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 537,884 Americans. That is up 16% since 2000, when the Census counted 493.

    #38,532
    rank among US surnames
    574
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +16.4%
    change since 2000 (was #41,596)

    Who is named Shami

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    74% of people named Shami identified as white (not Hispanic), 18% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 5.8% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 74%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 18%
    • Two or more races 5.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.9%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Shami

    Shami has the Soundex code S500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S500.

    Other Arabic surnames

    All 179 Arabic surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Shami come from?
    Borrowed from Arabic شَامِيّ (šāmiyy, “Syrian; Damascene”). This surname is predominantly found in Yemen and Iran.
    How common is the surname Shami?
    574 people in the United States had the surname Shami in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 537,884 Americans. It ranked 38,532nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Shami?
    In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Shami identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Shami getting more or less common?
    More common. 493 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 574 in 2010, up 16%.