Sharifa Surname
Approximately 11,115 people bear this surname
Sharifa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 7,209 | 1:22,105 | 1,538 |
| Pakistan | 1,636 | 1:109,196 | 3,361 |
| India | 1,539 | 1:498,418 | 25,125 |
| Nigeria | 150 | 1:1,180,952 | 47,933 |
| DR Congo | 123 | 1:600,647 | 45,387 |
| Iran | 115 | 1:667,674 | 35,714 |
| Uganda | 73 | 1:534,785 | 29,774 |
| United Arab Emirates | 42 | 1:218,149 | 14,475 |
| United States | 32 | 1:11,326,842 | 445,236 |
| Afghanistan | 27 | 1:1,190,859 | 10,584 |
| Kenya | 19 | 1:2,430,521 | 36,895 |
| Syria | 17 | 1:1,135,354 | 7,033 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Palestine | 15 | 1:303,257 | 10,878 |
| Lebanon | 15 | 1:375,806 | 11,209 |
| Tunisia | 15 | 1:40,708 | 5,720 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| Jordan | 7 | 1:1,263,205 | 16,935 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Oman | 3 | 1:1,229,324 | 8,987 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
Sharifa (362,970) may also be a first name.
Sharifa Demographics
Average Sharifa Salary in
United States
$33,750 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sharifa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sharifa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sharifa (Bengali: শরিফা, Hindi: शरीफा, Marathi: शरीफ़ा, Oriya: ଶରିଫା, Russian: Шарифа) occurs in Bangladesh more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sharifa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sharifa is the 46,637th most commonly used family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 655,650 people. The last name Sharifa occurs mostly in Asia, where 96 percent of Sharifa reside; 95 percent reside in South Asia and 87 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Sharifa is also the 2,863rd most commonly occurring given name worldwide It is held by 362,970 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Bangladesh, where it is carried by 7,209 people, or 1 in 22,105. Apart from Bangladesh it occurs in 39 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 15 percent live and India, where 14 percent live.
Sharifa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya and Shiite (77%) in Lebanon.
The amount Sharifa earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 21.78% less than the national average, earning $33,750 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.47% more than the national average, earning $49,917 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sharifa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sharifa in the Hindi language | ||
| शरीफा | saripha | 96.27 |
| शरिफा | saripha | 1.6 |
| शारिफा | saripha | 0.76 |
| शरीफ | saripha | 0.61 |
| शरीफ़ा | sarifa | 0.38 |
| शारीफा | saripha | 0.15 |
| शरिफ | saripha | 0.15 |
| शरी्फा | saripha | 0.08 |
| Sharifa in the Bengali language | ||
| শরিফা | saripha | 78.57 |
| শরীফা | saripha | 14.29 |
| শারিফা | saripha | 7.14 |
| Sharifa in the Oriya language | ||
| ଶରିଫା | saripha | 75 |
| ସରିଫା | saripha | 25 |
| Sharifa in the Marathi language | ||
| शरीफ़ा | sarifa | 28.57 |
| शरीका | sarika | 28.57 |
| सारीका | sarika | 7.14 |
| शरीकाबी | sarikabi | 3.57 |
| साराह | saraha | 3.57 |
| शरीफ़ | sarifa | 3.57 |
| शरद | sarada | 3.57 |
| सहार | sahara | 3.57 |
| शरीफान | sariphana | 3.57 |
| सहरीफा | saharipha | 3.57 |
| शरीफां | saripham | 3.57 |
| साहरा | sahara | 3.57 |
| सरीका | sarika | 3.57 |
| Sharifa in the Russian language | ||
| Шарифа | sarifa | - |
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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 Sharifa
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