Sharqi Surname
Approximately 17,665 people bear this surname
Sharqi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Syria | 7,050 | 1:2,738 | 323 |
| Iraq | 5,235 | 1:6,690 | 597 |
| Egypt | 2,502 | 1:36,745 | 3,820 |
| Iran | 1,005 | 1:76,401 | 7,871 |
| Yemen | 908 | 1:29,103 | 2,793 |
| Jordan | 321 | 1:27,547 | 3,621 |
| Pakistan | 259 | 1:689,745 | 10,451 |
| Saudi Arabia | 239 | 1:129,104 | 17,726 |
| Bahrain | 73 | 1:18,474 | 3,432 |
| Afghanistan | 21 | 1:1,531,104 | 12,360 |
| Tunisia | 13 | 1:46,971 | 6,396 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Palestine | 7 | 1:649,836 | 13,939 |
| Lebanon | 6 | 1:939,514 | 16,645 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
Sharqi (345) may also be a first name.
Sharqi Demographics
Sharqi Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Sharqi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sharqi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sharqi is most common in Syria. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sharqi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 30,234th most commonly used family name globally, held by around 1 in 412,542 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 86 percent of Sharqi reside; 78 percent reside in West Asia and 71 percent reside in Levant. Sharqi is also the 469,697th most common first name internationally, held by 345 people.
Sharqi is most commonly used in Syria, where it is borne by 7,050 people, or 1 in 2,738. In Syria it is primarily concentrated in: Rif Dimashq Governorate, where 99 percent reside, Homs Governorate, where 1 percent reside and Al-Hasakah Governorate, where 0 percent reside. Other than Syria Sharqi occurs in 20 countries. It is also found in Iraq, where 30 percent reside and Egypt, where 14 percent reside.
Sharqi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is principally Melkite Greek Catholic (33%) in Lebanon.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Sharqi
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