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
Sharof (Hindi: शरोफ, Marathi: शरोफ, Russian: Шароф) has its highest incidence in Pakistan. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sharof? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,447,279th most commonly used last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 49,240,175 people. Sharof occurs mostly in Asia, where 92 percent of Sharof are found; 80 percent are found in South Asia and 49 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 55,621st most prevalent given name internationally, held by 11,547 people.
It is most frequent in Pakistan, where it is borne by 73 people, or 1 in 2,447,177. In Pakistan Sharof is most prevalent in: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 53 percent reside, Sindh, where 41 percent reside and Punjab, where 4 percent reside. Excluding Pakistan this surname exists in 15 countries. It is also common 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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