Shareefa Surname
Approximately 1,551 people bear this surname
Shareefa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 1,079 | 1:710,904 | 32,854 |
| Pakistan | 251 | 1:711,729 | 10,641 |
| Maldives | 210 | 1:1,925 | 189 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Shareefa (34,835) may also be a first name.
Shareefa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shareefa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shareefa (Dhivehi: ުޝަރީފާ, Hindi: शरीफा) occurs in India more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shareefa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 254,576th most frequently held family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 4,698,611 people. The surname Shareefa is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Shareefa are found; 99 percent are found in South Asia and 69 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 24,828th most common first name internationally, held by 34,835 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in India, where it is carried by 1,079 people, or 1 in 710,904. In India it is mostly found in: Telangana, where 56 percent reside, Kerala, where 23 percent reside and Maharashtra, where 14 percent reside. Besides India Shareefa exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 16 percent reside and The Maldives, where 14 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shareefa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shareefa in the Hindi language | ||
| शरीफा | saripha | - |
| Shareefa in the Dhivehi language | ||
| ުޝަރީފާ | usarifa | 50 |
| ްޝަރީފާ | sarifa | 50 |
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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 Shareefa
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