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
The last name Sharifiya (Hindi: शरिफिया) is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sharifiya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 8,193,072nd most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 60 percent of Sharifiya are found; 60 percent are found in West Africa and 60 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sharifiya is also the 703,581st most commonly occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 169 people.
This surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 59,047,586. In Nigeria Sharifiya is most frequent in: Adamawa, where 33 percent live, Sokoto, where 33 percent live and Zamfara, where 33 percent live. Not including Nigeria this surname exists 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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