Sharfani Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Sweden

Sharfani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Sharfani Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India101:76,706,538639,611
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Sharfani Last Name Facts

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

Sharfani (Hindi: शरफानी, Marathi: शरफानी) has its highest incidence in India. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sharfani? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,812,366th most frequently held family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. Sharfani occurs mostly in Asia, where 91 percent of Sharfani live; 91 percent live in South Asia and 91 percent live in Indo-South Asia.

This last name is most common in India, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 76,706,538. In India Sharfani is most numerous in: Maharashtra, where 40 percent live, Uttar Pradesh, where 40 percent live and Karnataka, where 10 percent live. Beside India this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Sweden, where 9 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sharfangi941/
Sarfani93191/
Sharfana888/
Sarfangi881/
Sarfanni881/
Sharfanaj821/
Sarfana805/
Chaharfani7811/
Charfane75587/
Chorfani751/
Charfouni711/
Zarfane672/
Sarfone671/
Sorfanes6310/
Chorfane636/
Siorfane635/
Sarvaneh631/
Siorfanes5926/
Charfoune599/
Chourfane591/
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Sharfani Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sharfani in the Marathi language
शरफानीsaraphani-
Sharfani in the Hindi language
शरफानीsaraphani50
शरफनीsaraphani25
शरुानीsaruani25

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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 Sharfani
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