Sharafy Surname
Approximately 256 people bear this surname
Sharafy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palestine | 143 | 1:31,810 | 4,130 |
| United Arab Emirates | 63 | 1:145,433 | 11,563 |
| Syria | 14 | 1:1,378,644 | 7,647 |
| Israel | 11 | 1:777,967 | 50,646 |
| Yemen | 6 | 1:4,404,216 | 18,907 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
Sharafy (31) may also be a first name.
Sharafy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sharafy Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sharafy is found most in Palestine. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sharafy? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 998,609th most widespread surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 28,466,976 people. The last name Sharafy is mostly found in Asia, where 95 percent of Sharafy reside; 95 percent reside in West Asia and 61 percent reside in Levant. It is also the 1,874,099th most frequent forename internationally. It is borne by 31 people.
It is most prevalent in Palestine, where it is carried by 143 people, or 1 in 31,810. In Palestine Sharafy is most prevalent in: Jenin Governorate, where 94 percent live, Nablus Governorate, where 6 percent live and Rafah Governorate, where 1 percent live. Outside of Palestine this last name exists in 13 countries. It is also found in The United Arab Emirates, where 25 percent live and Syria, where 5 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Sharafy
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