Sharift Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Sharift Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sharift (12) may also be a first name.
Sharift Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sharift Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sharift (Hindi: शरीफत, Marathi: शरीफत) is found most frequently in Malaysia. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sharift? popularity and diffusion
It is the 7,117,718th most common surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 86 percent of Sharift are found; 71 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 71 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Sharift is also the 3,306,491st most commonly held forename in the world. It is borne by 12 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Malaysia, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 5,898,845. In Malaysia it is mostly found in: Kedah, where 20 percent live, Kuala Lumpur, where 20 percent live and Negeri Sembilan, where 20 percent live. Outside of Malaysia this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 14 percent live and The United States, where 14 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sharift Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sharift in the Hindi language | ||
| शरीफत | sariphata | - |
| Sharift in the Marathi language | ||
| शरीफत | sariphata | - |
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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 Sharift
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