Sharafi Surname
Approximately 35,185 people bear this surname
Sharafi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 32,259 | 1:2,380 | 299 |
| Iraq | 487 | 1:71,913 | 2,439 |
| Saudi Arabia | 477 | 1:64,687 | 9,689 |
| Bangladesh | 360 | 1:442,658 | 11,259 |
| Tanzania | 236 | 1:224,329 | 18,617 |
| United States | 209 | 1:1,734,253 | 114,535 |
| Yemen | 170 | 1:155,443 | 7,639 |
| Jordan | 141 | 1:62,712 | 5,645 |
| United Arab Emirates | 139 | 1:65,916 | 6,282 |
| Kuwait | 77 | 1:49,360 | 5,585 |
| Bahrain | 73 | 1:18,474 | 3,432 |
| Canada | 66 | 1:558,267 | 46,632 |
| Afghanistan | 57 | 1:564,091 | 6,800 |
| India | 56 | 1:13,697,596 | 234,369 |
| Australia | 40 | 1:674,893 | 46,030 |
| Palestine | 38 | 1:119,707 | 7,517 |
| Pakistan | 34 | 1:5,254,232 | 33,450 |
| Malaysia | 33 | 1:893,764 | 40,799 |
| England | 31 | 1:1,797,357 | 72,927 |
| Tunisia | 31 | 1:19,698 | 3,144 |
| Sweden | 29 | 1:339,543 | 23,803 |
| Germany | 22 | 1:3,659,339 | 158,771 |
| Russia | 16 | 1:9,007,691 | 311,782 |
| Italy | 14 | 1:4,368,335 | 106,343 |
| Tajikistan | 13 | 1:645,130 | 4,278 |
| Norway | 8 | 1:642,786 | 47,258 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| Syria | 6 | 1:3,216,837 | 11,326 |
| Kazakhstan | 6 | 1:2,947,083 | 107,736 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 1:7,732,286 | 43,643 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Armenia | 2 | 1:1,465,090 | 16,492 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
Sharafi (3,714) may also be a first name.
Sharafi Demographics
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Sharafi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sharafi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sharafi (Arabic: شرفى, Hindi: शराफी, Marathi: शारफी, Russian: Шарафи) is found most in Iran. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Sharafi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sharafi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sharafi is the 15,847th most commonly held family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 207,121 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Sharafi are found; 93 percent are found in South Asia and 93 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Sharafi is also the 115,606th most frequently held forename world-wide It is held by 3,714 people.
The last name Sharafi is most numerous in Iran, where it is borne by 32,259 people, or 1 in 2,380. In Iran Sharafi is primarily found in: Khuzestan Province, where 16 percent live, Tehran Province, where 14 percent live and Lorestan Province, where 10 percent live. Barring Iran it occurs in 55 countries. It is also found in Iraq, where 1 percent live and Saudi Arabia, where 1 percent live.
Sharafi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Sharafi last name is chiefly Sunni (100%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Sharafi surname are 14.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 68% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Sharafi earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 37.1% less than the national average, earning 217,698 kr per year; in United States they earn 18.74% more than the national average, earning $51,234 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.15% more than the national average, earning $56,218 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sharafi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sharafi in the Hindi language | ||
| शराफी | saraphi | 95.45 |
| शरफी | saraphi | 4.55 |
| Sharafi in the Marathi language | ||
| शारफी | saraphi | 70 |
| शरफी | saraphi | 20 |
| शरािफ | saraipha | 10 |
| Sharafi in the Russian language | ||
| Шарафи | sarafi | - |
| Sharafi in the Arabic language | ||
| شرفى | shrfy | - |
| شرفي | shrfy | - |
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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 Sharafi
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