Elshams

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Elshams is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Egypt than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • EGEgypt≈1 in 114K(inferred from the name graph)
  • SYSyria≈1 in 7M

carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Egypt (inferred from the name graph)

≈920 people, est.

Sources
17 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 114K (inferred from the name graph)

Egypt, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Elshams counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Elshams is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
EG Egypt≈920 est.≈1 in 114KElshams17
SY Syria≈3 est.≈1 in 7MElshams3
SA Saudi Arabia——Elshams2
US United States——Elshams4

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Elshams under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

In which country does Elshams have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 915 people named Elshams in Egypt, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled elshams.
How common is the name Elshams?
Mondonomo estimates about 920 people in Egypt have Elshams as their first surname, about 1 in 114 thousand residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Elshams”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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