Sharifatu Surname

902,012th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 296 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Sharifatu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Sharifatu Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana2771:97,5489,187
Cameroon101:2,076,907105,188
Nigeria91:19,682,529291,344

Sharifatu (2,212) may also be a first name.

Sharifatu Last Name Facts

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

Sharifatu occurs more in Ghana more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sharifatu? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 902,012th most frequently used family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 24,620,088 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sharifatu reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sharifatu is also the 159,019th most commonly held forename world-wide It is held by 2,212 people.

The surname is most common in Ghana, where it is carried by 277 people, or 1 in 97,548. Other than Ghana this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 3 percent live and Nigeria, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sharifatou9513/
Sarifatu948/
Sherifatu89142/
Sarifatou8911/
Sairifatu893/
Charifatou849/
Sheriffatu841/
Serifatu82239/
Chariffatou801/
Sheriphatu741/

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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 Sharifatu
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