Family name Alshat (Alshat 
, الشاط 
, الشات ) , in all the world, is a rare cognomen. The cognomen Alshat is characteristic of Northern Africa, particularly Libya, where it is a rare surname, Morocco, and Egypt. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in Egypt, Morocco, and Nigeria. Much less frequently, Alshat is the forename as well as the last name.