Sharfuddeen Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
United Arab Emirates

Sharfuddeen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sharfuddeen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria381:4,661,652124,734
India71:109,580,769786,157
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443

Sharfuddeen (140) may also be a first name.

Sharfuddeen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sharfuddeen (Hindi: शरफुद्दीन) is found most in Nigeria. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sharfuddeen? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,843,861st most prevalent last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 81 percent of Sharfuddeen are found; 81 percent are found in West Africa and 81 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sharfuddeen is also the 781,395th most common first name in the world, held by 140 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 38 people, or 1 in 4,661,652. In Nigeria Sharfuddeen is mostly concentrated in: Kano, where 74 percent live and Zamfara, where 26 percent live. Besides Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 15 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Sharfuddeen Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sharfuddeen in the Hindi language
शरफुद्दीनsaraphuddina66.67
सर्फुद्दीनsarphuddina16.67
शरफुददीनsaraphudadina16.67

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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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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Sharfuddeen
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