Sharifah Surname
Approximately 452 people bear this surname
Sharifah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 137 | 1:965,323 | 71,212 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Malaysia | 63 | 1:468,162 | 23,720 |
| Uganda | 32 | 1:1,219,977 | 48,798 |
| Iran | 28 | 1:2,742,233 | 86,474 |
| Singapore | 21 | 1:262,272 | 11,611 |
| Afghanistan | 17 | 1:1,891,364 | 13,978 |
| Philippines | 11 | 1:9,203,475 | 207,772 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
Sharifah (69,663) may also be a first name.
Sharifah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sharifah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sharifah (Marathi: शारीफह) is most common in Indonesia. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sharifah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sharifah is the 663,740th most commonly used surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 16,122,889 people. The last name Sharifah occurs predominantly in Asia, where 63 percent of Sharifah live; 52 percent live in Southeast Asia and 46 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 13,930th most widely held first name worldwide, borne by 69,663 people.
The surname is most widespread in Indonesia, where it is borne by 137 people, or 1 in 965,323. In Indonesia Sharifah is most common in: West Java, where 42 percent are found, North Sumatra, where 37 percent are found and Central Java, where 13 percent are found. Besides Indonesia this last name occurs in 18 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 27 percent are found and Malaysia, where 14 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sharifah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sharifah in the Marathi language | ||
| शारीफह | sariphaha | 50 |
| शरीफह | sariphaha | 50 |
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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 Sharifah
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