Surname Shamsiya (Shamsiya 
, Шамсия 
) , all around the world, is quite a common last name. The surname Shamsiya is characteristic of Nigeria, where it is quite a rare surname, Kyrgyzstan, where it is a rare surname, and Ghana. Not in comparison with a country's population, this name is the most popular in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Nigeria, Ethiopia, and Ghana. Likewise, Shamsiya is the forename as well as the last name.