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Surname Alshama (الشامى , Alshama , الشامة ) , all around the world, is a common last name. The cognomen Alshama is characteristic of Egypt, where it is quite a common surname, Yemen, where it is quite a rare surname, and Bahrain. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in Egypt, Yemen, and Saudi Arabia. Much less frequently, Alshama is the forename as well as the last name.