Sharqia Surname
Approximately 24,134 people bear this surname
Sharqia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Syria | 23,224 | 1:831 | 105 |
| Egypt | 397 | 1:231,576 | 16,276 |
| Palestine | 231 | 1:19,692 | 3,156 |
| Jordan | 145 | 1:60,982 | 5,567 |
| Lebanon | 99 | 1:56,940 | 4,461 |
| Yemen | 28 | 1:943,760 | 11,445 |
| Tunisia | 5 | 1:122,125 | 16,050 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
Sharqia (15,972) may also be a first name.
Sharqia Demographics
Sharqia Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Sharqia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sharqia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sharqia (Georgian: შარქია) occurs most in Syria. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Sharqia.
How Common Is The Last Name Sharqia? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sharqia is the 22,512th most commonly occurring family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 301,962 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Sharqia reside; 98 percent reside in West Asia and 98 percent reside in Levant. It is also the 44,477th most frequently used first name in the world, borne by 15,972 people.
It is most widespread in Syria, where it is borne by 23,224 people, or 1 in 831. In Syria Sharqia is mostly found in: Rif Dimashq Governorate, where 98 percent live, Aleppo Governorate, where 1 percent live and Homs Governorate, where 0 percent live. Besides Syria this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 2 percent live and Palestine, where 1 percent live.
Sharqia Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily Sunni (100%) in Lebanon.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sharqia Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sharqia in the Georgian language | ||
| შარქია | sharkia | - |
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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 Sharqia
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