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    The surname Shammas

    An Arabic surname, carried by 553 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S520

    Shammas: #39,717 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Shammas #39,717, 553 people Shammas: #39,717 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Shammas #39,717, 553 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shammas is more common than 75.5% of them.

    Origin

    Arabic origin

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

    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 553 people named Shammas in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 558,310 Americans. That is up 9.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 504.

    #39,717
    rank among US surnames
    553
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.7%
    change since 2000 (was #40,833)

    Who is named Shammas

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

    94% of people named Shammas identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as two or more races and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Two or more races 2.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Shammas

    Shammas has the Soundex code S520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S520.

    Other Arabic surnames

    All 179 Arabic surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Shammas come from?
    Borrowed from Arabic شماس (šammās, “deacon, sexton”), a popular surname in the Christian community.
    How common is the surname Shammas?
    553 people in the United States had the surname Shammas in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 558,310 Americans. It ranked 39,717th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Shammas?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Shammas identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Shammas getting more or less common?
    More common. 504 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 553 in 2010, up 9.7%.