Sharafa Surname
Approximately 1,392 people bear this surname
Sharafa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 946 | 1:187,255 | 11,366 |
| Palestine | 232 | 1:19,607 | 3,148 |
| Jordan | 82 | 1:107,835 | 7,304 |
| Lebanon | 30 | 1:187,903 | 8,189 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| United Arab Emirates | 21 | 1:436,299 | 23,129 |
| India | 21 | 1:36,526,923 | 420,161 |
| Iran | 11 | 1:6,980,229 | 145,986 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 1:35,728,777 | 102,388 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Maldives | 2 | 1:202,086 | 4,973 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
Sharafa (3,342) may also be a first name.
Sharafa Demographics
Sharafa Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Sharafa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sharafa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sharafa (Hindi: शराफा, Marathi: शराफत, Russian: Шарафа) is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Sharafa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sharafa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 278,072nd most frequently occurring family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 5,235,306 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 68 percent of Sharafa live; 68 percent live in West Africa and 68 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 123,466th most frequent forename at a global level, held by 3,342 people.
The surname Sharafa is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 946 people, or 1 in 187,255. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Lagos, where 56 percent live, Ogun, where 16 percent live and Oyo, where 10 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this surname occurs in 17 countries. It is also common in Palestine, where 17 percent live and Jordan, where 6 percent live.
Sharafa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Sharafa surname is predominantly Sunni (94%) in Lebanon.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sharafa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sharafa in the Marathi language | ||
| शराफत | saraphata | - |
| Sharafa in the Hindi language | ||
| शराफा | sarapha | 80 |
| शाराफा | sarapha | 10 |
| शरफा | sarapha | 10 |
| Sharafa in the Russian language | ||
| Шарафа | sarafa | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Sharafa
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