Sharfan Surname

1,385,851st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 158 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Qatar

Sharfan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sharfan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Pakistan1011:1,768,75117,893
India241:31,961,058386,265
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Sri Lanka91:2,312,0629,186
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Sharfan (4,326) may also be a first name.

Sharfan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sharfan Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Sharfan (Hindi: शरफन) is found most frequently in Pakistan. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sharfan? popularity and diffusion

Sharfan is the 1,385,851st most numerous last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 46,123,708 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 97 percent of Sharfan reside; 85 percent reside in South Asia and 65 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 105,119th most commonly held given name worldwide, held by 4,326 people.

This last name is most frequently used in Pakistan, where it is borne by 101 people, or 1 in 1,768,751. In Pakistan it is primarily concentrated in: Punjab, where 75 percent reside and Sindh, where 25 percent reside. Besides Pakistan Sharfan occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in India, where 15 percent reside and Qatar, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Sharfan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sharfan in the Hindi language
शरफनsaraphana50
शरफानsaraphana42.86
शरीफनsariphana7.14

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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
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  • 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 Sharfan
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