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Worldwide, Chamoun (שמעון , شمعون , Chamoun ) is quite a rare predominantly masculine, but very infrequently feminine given name. The first name Chamoun is characteristic of Western Asia, particularly Lebanon, where it is quite a rare dominantly masculine, but seldom feminine name, Israel, where it is quite a rare boy's name, and Syria. Likewise, Chamoun is the last name as well as the forename.
Chamoun is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Peter , the 1st Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, Patriarch of Antioch and Apostle of Jesus Christ, Gospel of Mark; Simon the Zealot , the apostle of Jesus; Simon of Cyrene , the man who was forced by the Romans to carry the cross of Jesus, Matthew 27; Simeon , the in the Gospel according to Luke, a man who meets Mary, Joseph, and baby Jesus (Luke 2:25–35), Presentation of Jesus at the Temple and Simeon , the Biblical character; second son of Jacob and Leah, Genesis 35.