Sharifah Surname

663,740th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 452 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Singapore

Sharifah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sharifah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia1371:965,32371,212
Egypt1221:753,57238,342
Malaysia631:468,16223,720
Uganda321:1,219,97748,798
Iran281:2,742,23386,474
Singapore211:262,27211,611
Afghanistan171:1,891,36413,978
Philippines111:9,203,475207,772
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
England31:18,572,686338,250
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Japan11:127,844,29373,547

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shariffah945/
Shahrifah941/
Sharrifah941/
Sharifa9311,115/
Sarifah936,142/
Sharifashh8972/
Sharifahat891/
Sharifat887,431/
Sharifad88280/
Sherifah88176/
Sharifai8890/
Shariefa8814/
Shorifah8813/
Shariffa8813/
Sharifas8811/
Sharifha8811/
Saharifa884/
Sharifaa883/
Sharefah882/
Sarifaah881/
Ssharifa881/
Sharyfah881/
Shahrifa881/
Saarifah881/
Sharifay881/
Sarifa862,932/
Sheriffah821/
Sharriffa821/
Shariffai821/
Sherifa803,113/
Shorifa802,343/
Charifa80461/
Saroifa80344/
Sharifo80320/
Sharufa80185/
Sharefa8086/
Sarivah8026/
Sarifha8022/
Sarifat8019/
Sarifas8018/
Sahrifa805/
Sharyfa804/
Sarefah803/
Sorifah802/
Sarifaa801/
Shaharifai7810/
Shareefa751,551/
Sharipha75195/
Sheriffa7511/
Saraifat752/
Sherifay752/
Sharifoi751/
Sharifot751/
Sharufau751/
Sharuffa751/
Sheirifa751/
Chariffa751/
Sareefah751/
Shearefa751/
Shareffa751/
Zaraifah751/
Charifat751/
Chearifa751/
Sorifa711,713/
Sarufa71884/
Zarifa71765/
Shareefaa71421/
Serifa71190/
Sarefa7147/
Sarifo7137/
Xarifa7125/
Sheriffai715/
Shareefat714/
Shareeffa712/
Satrifais711/
Shaareefa711/
Ssharipha711/
Sherefa6711,433/
Zariffa67328/
Saripha67178/
Sarifou67126/
Charifo6743/
Sareefa6728/
Sahrefa677/
Sherifo674/
Sherufa673/
Shorufa671/
Charefa671/
Seriffa671/
Chorifa671/

Sharifah Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sharifah in the Marathi language
शारीफहsariphaha50
शरीफहsariphaha50

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