Sharifiya Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Sharifiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
Sharifiya (169) may also be a first name.
Sharifiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sharifiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sharifiya (Hindi: शरिफिया) is most common in Nigeria. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sharifiya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 8,193,072nd most frequently held surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name Sharifiya is primarily found in Africa, where 60 percent of Sharifiya live; 60 percent live in West Africa and 60 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 703,581st most widely held first name on earth, borne by 169 people.
This last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 59,047,586. In Nigeria Sharifiya is mostly concentrated in: Adamawa, where 33 percent live, Sokoto, where 33 percent live and Zamfara, where 33 percent live. Excluding Nigeria Sharifiya is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 20 percent live and Iran, where 20 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sarifiya | 94 | 1 | / |
| Sharufiya | 89 | 2 | / |
| Sharifijah | 84 | 1 | / |
| Sharifai | 82 | 90 | / |
| Sharifie | 82 | 65 | / |
| Sharifaa | 82 | 3 | / |
| Sharifay | 82 | 1 | / |
| Sharifoi | 82 | 1 | / |
| Sharifae | 82 | 1 | / |
| Sharifajaya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sharifaie | 78 | 22 | / |
| Shariffai | 78 | 1 | / |
| Sarifaa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Shaharifai | 74 | 10 | / |
| Sharifajid | 74 | 2 | / |
| Sharifee | 71 | 23 | / |
| Sherifay | 71 | 2 | / |
| Sharufau | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sharifuj | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shareefaa | 67 | 421 | / |
| Sharefeha | 67 | 12 | / |
| Sheriffai | 67 | 5 | / |
| Sherifaju | 67 | 1 | / |
| Satrifais | 67 | 1 | / |
Sharifiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sharifiya in the Hindi language | ||
| शरिफिया | sariphiya | 72 |
| शरीफिया | sariphiya | 24 |
| शरीफीया | sariphiya | 4 |
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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 Sharifiya
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