Sharifi Surname
Approximately 195,524 people bear this surname
Sharifi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 187,840 | 1:409 | 41 |
| Afghanistan | 2,157 | 1:14,906 | 872 |
| United States | 1,645 | 1:220,340 | 21,384 |
| Saudi Arabia | 557 | 1:55,396 | 7,891 |
| Canada | 503 | 1:73,252 | 8,317 |
| Egypt | 397 | 1:231,576 | 16,276 |
| Sweden | 313 | 1:31,459 | 2,567 |
| England | 293 | 1:190,164 | 16,878 |
| Germany | 193 | 1:417,127 | 37,973 |
| Netherlands | 150 | 1:112,581 | 17,977 |
| Iraq | 115 | 1:304,536 | 6,054 |
| Australia | 101 | 1:267,284 | 24,253 |
| United Arab Emirates | 96 | 1:95,440 | 8,441 |
| Tajikistan | 82 | 1:102,277 | 1,515 |
| Kuwait | 77 | 1:49,360 | 5,585 |
| India | 73 | 1:10,507,745 | 199,418 |
| Bahrain | 73 | 1:18,474 | 3,432 |
| Hong Kong | 70 | 1:104,793 | 1,905 |
| Russia | 66 | 1:2,183,683 | 132,197 |
| Denmark | 62 | 1:91,044 | 8,699 |
| Syria | 62 | 1:311,307 | 4,547 |
| Norway | 47 | 1:109,410 | 14,618 |
| Lebanon | 39 | 1:144,541 | 7,224 |
| Belgium | 37 | 1:310,720 | 35,739 |
| Finland | 37 | 1:148,560 | 13,684 |
| Malaysia | 37 | 1:797,141 | 36,924 |
| France | 31 | 1:2,142,668 | 174,004 |
| New Zealand | 30 | 1:150,944 | 17,319 |
| Thailand | 29 | 1:2,435,805 | 267,220 |
| Nigeria | 28 | 1:6,326,527 | 151,186 |
| Austria | 28 | 1:304,123 | 34,120 |
| Pakistan | 24 | 1:7,443,495 | 40,927 |
| Kazakhstan | 20 | 1:884,125 | 54,571 |
| Switzerland | 19 | 1:432,259 | 31,718 |
| Yemen | 15 | 1:1,761,686 | 12,726 |
| Greece | 15 | 1:738,653 | 80,079 |
| Brazil | 14 | 1:15,291,024 | 280,658 |
| Spain | 12 | 1:3,896,003 | 72,236 |
| Scotland | 10 | 1:535,382 | 20,332 |
| Israel | 9 | 1:950,848 | 57,975 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Poland | 7 | 1:5,429,821 | 146,768 |
| Oman | 6 | 1:614,662 | 6,082 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Belarus | 5 | 1:1,900,212 | 97,012 |
| Mexico | 5 | 1:24,825,241 | 58,251 |
| Turkey | 5 | 1:15,564,284 | 149,633 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Cyprus | 3 | 1:294,959 | 8,690 |
| Azerbaijan | 3 | 1:3,216,374 | 32,290 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Northern Cyprus | 2 | 1:159,506 | 9,062 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Armenia | 2 | 1:1,465,090 | 16,492 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
Sharifi (3,522) may also be a first name.
Sharifi Demographics
Average Sharifi Salary in
United States
$58,326 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sharifi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sharifi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sharifi (Arabic: الشريفي, Hindi: शरीफी, Marathi: शरीफी, Oriya: ସରଫି, Russian: Шарифи) is found most frequently in Iran. It may occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sharifi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,865th most commonly held surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 37,272 people. The last name Sharifi is predominantly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Sharifi live; 97 percent live in South Asia and 97 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Sharifi is also the 119,524th most widespread given name in the world. It is borne by 3,522 people.
Sharifi is most frequently used in Iran, where it is held by 187,840 people, or 1 in 409. In Iran it is primarily concentrated in: Tehran Province, where 15 percent reside, Khuzestan Province, where 12 percent reside and Isfahan Province, where 8 percent reside. Excluding Iran this last name is found in 85 countries. It is also common in Afghanistan, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Sharifi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is principally Muslim (100%) in Russia and Shiite (66%) in Lebanon.
In The United States Sharifi are 1.58% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 54.81% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Sharifi earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 27.5% less than the national average, earning 250,921 kr per year; in United States they earn 35.17% more than the national average, earning $58,326 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.33% more than the national average, earning $54,320 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sharifi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sharifi in the Oriya language | ||
| ସରଫି | saraphi | - |
| Sharifi in the Marathi language | ||
| शरीफी | sariphi | 94.44 |
| शरीिफ | sariipha | 5.56 |
| Sharifi in the Hindi language | ||
| शरीफी | sariphi | 87.5 |
| शरीफ | saripha | 6.25 |
| शरिफी | sariphi | 6.25 |
| Sharifi in the Russian language | ||
| Шарифи | sarifi | - |
| Sharifi in the Arabic language | ||
| الشريفي | alshryfy | - |
| شريفى | shryfy | - |
| شريفي | shryfy | - |
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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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- 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 Sharifi
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