# Shammas (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/shammas/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Arabic.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Arabic |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 553 |
| US rank (2010) | 39,717 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 558,310 people |
| Change since 2000 | +9.7% (504 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شماس (šammās, “deacon, sexton”), a popular surname in the Christian community.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Shammas in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 94% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.1% |
| Two or more races | 2.9% |

## Similar surnames

Shams, Shanks, Singh, Sims, Saenz, Simms, Song, Sams, Shank, Schenk, Swank, Sung.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.