Last name Shams (شمس 
, Shams 
, الشمس ) , all around the world, is a widespread family name. The surname Shams is characteristic of Egypt, where it is a common surname, Iraq, and Bahrain, where it is quite a common surname (explore the name in all countries). Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in Egypt, Iraq, and Iran. Likewise, Shams is the forename as well as the last name.
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| شمس, الشمس | Iran, Iraq, Egypt, Sudan, Syria |
| Shams | Bangladesh, Egypt, Pakistan, India, Afghanistan |
| Шамс | Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Russia, Kyrgyzstan |
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| shams al-muluk isma’il ruler of Damascus (r. 1133–1135), SY (b. 1100) |
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| shams al din muhammad ibn daniyal Egyptian playwright, IQ (b. 1248) |
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| shams al-dīn al-samarqandī Medieval astronomer and mathematician, UZ (b. 1250) |
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| shams al-din al-ansari al-dimashqi Syrian historian, SY (b. 1256) |
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shams al-dīn abū abd allāh al-khalīlī Medieval Arab astronomer (b. 1320) |
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| shams al-din 'ali ibn qutb al-din Mihrabanid malik (b. 1387) |
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shams al-din muhammad al-imbabi (b. 1824) |
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| shams ud din khan Indian Ahmadi leader (b. 1900) |
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| shams-ul-huda shams president of the Afghan Social Democratic Party (b. 1901) |
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| maulana jalal-ud-din shams (b. 1901) |
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shams ul haq German journalist and author, PK (b. 1975) |
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| morteza shams Iranian physician and poet, IR (b. 1928) |
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randy j. shams American guitarist, US |
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| shams naved usmani Indian Muslim scholar, IN (b. 1931) |
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| kalimuddin shams Indian politician (1939-2013), IN (b. 1939) |
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