Sharau Surname
Approximately 84 people bear this surname
Sharau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 61 | 1:2,903,980 | 91,283 |
| Tanzania | 14 | 1:3,781,544 | 51,645 |
| Kazakhstan | 7 | 1:2,526,071 | 102,287 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
Sharau (127) may also be a first name.
Sharau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sharau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sharau (Marathi: शरयु, Russian: Шарау) is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sharau? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sharau is the 2,047,559th most widely held family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 86,756,499 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 89 percent of Sharau live; 73 percent live in West Africa and 73 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 825,494th most numerous first name on earth. It is borne by 127 people.
The last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 61 people, or 1 in 2,903,980. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Zamfara, where 82 percent live, Lagos, where 7 percent live and Nasarawa, where 5 percent live. Other than Nigeria this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 17 percent live and Kazakhstan, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sharau Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sharau in the Marathi language | ||
| शरयु | sarayu | 54.29 |
| शरयू | sarayu | 22.86 |
| शरफ़ु | sarafu | 5.71 |
| शारौ | sarau | 5.71 |
| शरउ | sara'u | 2.86 |
| शरू | saru | 2.86 |
| सखाराम | sakharama | 2.86 |
| शेखर | sekhara | 2.86 |
| Sharau in the Russian language | ||
| Шарау | sarau | - |
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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 Sharau
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