Sharof Surname
Approximately 148 people bear this surname
Sharof Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 73 | 1:2,447,177 | 21,607 |
| India | 45 | 1:17,045,897 | 267,282 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 1:7,732,286 | 43,643 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
Sharof (11,547) may also be a first name.
Sharof Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sharof Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sharof (Hindi: शरोफ, Marathi: शरोफ, Russian: Шароф) is carried by more people in Pakistan than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sharof? popularity and diffusion
Sharof is the 1,447,279th most frequent surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 49,240,175 people. The last name Sharof is predominantly found in Asia, where 92 percent of Sharof live; 80 percent live in South Asia and 49 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 55,621st most frequent first name at a global level It is held by 11,547 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Pakistan, where it is borne by 73 people, or 1 in 2,447,177. In Pakistan Sharof is most numerous in: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 53 percent reside, Sindh, where 41 percent reside and Punjab, where 4 percent reside. Not including Pakistan Sharof is found in 15 countries. It is also found in India, where 30 percent reside and Malaysia, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sharof Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sharof in the Hindi language | ||
| शरोफ | saropha | - |
| Sharof in the Marathi language | ||
| शरोफ | saropha | 55.56 |
| शरॉफ | saropha | 33.33 |
| शारोफ | saropha | 11.11 |
| Sharof in the Russian language | ||
| Шароф | sarof | - |
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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 Sharof
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