Sharaft Surname
Approximately 113 people bear this surname
Sharaft Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 44 | 1:1,745,057 | 65,590 |
| India | 43 | 1:17,838,730 | 274,051 |
| Pakistan | 25 | 1:7,145,755 | 40,003 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sharaft (3,115) may also be a first name.
Sharaft Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sharaft Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sharaft (Hindi: शराफत, Marathi: शराफ़त) is more commonly found in Iran than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Sharaft click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sharaft? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,718,748th most commonly held surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 64,491,557 people. The surname Sharaft occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Sharaft are found; 99 percent are found in South Asia and 61 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 129,102nd most widely held first name in the world. It is borne by 3,115 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Iran, where it is carried by 44 people, or 1 in 1,745,057. In Iran it is most numerous in: Isfahan Province, where 98 percent are found and Gilan Province, where 2 percent are found. Not including Iran this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in India, where 38 percent are found and Pakistan, where 22 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sharaft Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sharaft in the Hindi language | ||
| शराफत | saraphata | 99.03 |
| शराफत् | saraphat | 0.41 |
| शाराफत | saraphata | 0.36 |
| शराफ्त | saraphta | 0.05 |
| शराफत़ | saraphata | 0.05 |
| श्ाराफत | saraphata | 0.05 |
| फरजाना | pharajana | 0.05 |
| Sharaft in the Marathi language | ||
| शराफ़त | sarafata | 56 |
| शराफत | saraphata | 28 |
| शरफ़त | sarafata | 8 |
| शहादत | sahadata | 4 |
| शराफ़तास | sarafatasa | 4 |
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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 Sharaft
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