Shari Surname
Approximately 5,818 people bear this surname
Shari Surname User-submission:
This surname means 'to be one of many' in different forms, i.e. 'to change personalities', 'to be very deceptive', 'to be destructive', 'to cause harm'.
Shari Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 1,909 | 1:15,450 | 1,543 |
| India | 1,402 | 1:547,122 | 26,967 |
| Indonesia | 383 | 1:345,298 | 29,925 |
| Pakistan | 302 | 1:591,536 | 9,494 |
| Iran | 293 | 1:262,056 | 19,466 |
| United States | 244 | 1:1,485,487 | 101,350 |
| Afghanistan | 207 | 1:155,329 | 3,283 |
| Tanzania | 202 | 1:262,087 | 20,938 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| Nigeria | 153 | 1:1,157,796 | 47,225 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| Brunei | 63 | 1:6,647 | 914 |
| Japan | 32 | 1:3,995,134 | 36,490 |
| England | 32 | 1:1,741,189 | 71,393 |
| United Arab Emirates | 31 | 1:295,557 | 19,854 |
| Russia | 28 | 1:5,147,252 | 226,919 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Zimbabwe | 21 | 1:735,154 | 52,165 |
| Peru | 20 | 1:1,589,206 | 22,980 |
| Kosovo | 19 | 1:97,993 | 5,402 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Canada | 16 | 1:2,302,849 | 139,666 |
| Cameroon | 16 | 1:1,298,067 | 76,941 |
| Australia | 15 | 1:1,799,713 | 85,184 |
| Kazakhstan | 10 | 1:1,768,250 | 83,699 |
| New Zealand | 8 | 1:566,040 | 34,598 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Barbados | 3 | 1:95,816 | 1,797 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Shari (95,442) may also be a first name.
Shari Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
This surname means 'to be one of many' in different forms, i.e. 'to change personalities', 'to be very deceptive', 'to be destructive', 'to cause harm'.
- timothyfitzsimmons7Shari Demographics
Shari Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Shari Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shari Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shari (Arabic: شارى, Bengali: শারী, Georgian: შარი, Hindi: शरी, Marathi: शारी, Oriya: ଶାରୀ, Russian: Шари, Tibetan: ཤ་རི་) is found most in Malaysia. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shari? popularity and diffusion
The last name Shari is the 83,233rd most widespread last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,252,586 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 83 percent of Shari are found; 41 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 40 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 10,623rd most commonly used first name on earth, held by 95,442 people.
It is most frequent in Malaysia, where it is carried by 1,909 people, or 1 in 15,450. In Malaysia it is most common in: Selangor, where 28 percent are found, Perak, where 15 percent are found and Johor, where 10 percent are found. Other than Malaysia it is found in 58 countries. It is also common in India, where 24 percent are found and Indonesia, where 7 percent are found.
Shari Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Shari has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Shari last name increased 6,100 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Shari Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Shari last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Shari last name are 9.27% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 62.5% registered with the party.
The amount Shari earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 6.05% less than the national average, earning $40,539 USD per year and in Canada they earn 27.65% less than the national average, earning $35,944 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shari Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shari in the Georgian language | ||
| შარი | shari | - |
| Shari in the Hindi language | ||
| शरी | sari | 91.44 |
| शारी | sari | 5.4 |
| शारि | sari | 0.24 |
| शरि | sari | 0.24 |
| शार्इ | sar'i | 0.06 |
| सहारी | sahari | 0.06 |
| सरी | sari | 0.06 |
| श्ेारी | seari | 0.06 |
| Shari in the Marathi language | ||
| शारी | sari | 61.39 |
| शरी | sari | 26.73 |
| सारी | sari | 7.92 |
| शशी | sasi | 0.99 |
| शरीँ़ | sarim | 0.99 |
| शेरी | seri | 0.99 |
| Shari in the Oriya language | ||
| ଶାରୀ | sari | 61.04 |
| ଶରୀ | sari | 15.58 |
| ଶରି | sari | 10.39 |
| ଶାରି | sari | 7.79 |
| ସାରୀ | sari | 2.6 |
| ସାରି | sari | 1.3 |
| Shari in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཤ་རི་ | shari | 50 |
| ཤཱ་རི་ | shari | 21.43 |
| ས་རི་ | sari | 21.43 |
| ཤ་རི། | shari | 7.14 |
| Shari in the Bengali language | ||
| শারী | sari | 34.78 |
| শরী | sari | 34.78 |
| শরি | sari | 13.04 |
| সারি | sari | 8.7 |
| শারি | sari | 4.35 |
| সরি | sari | 4.35 |
| Shari in the Russian language | ||
| Шари | sari | - |
| Shari in the Arabic language | ||
| شارى | shary | - |
| شاري | shary | - |
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