Sharraf Surname
Approximately 515 people bear this surname
Sharraf Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 507 | 1:1,512,949 | 56,770 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Sharraf (38) may also be a first name.
Sharraf Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sharraf Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sharraf (Hindi: शर्राफ) is found most frequently in India. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sharraf? popularity and diffusion
It is the 602,749th most numerous last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 14,150,575 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Sharraf reside; 99 percent reside in South Asia and 95 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Sharraf is also the 1,662,754th most frequently used forename at a global level, borne by 38 people.
The last name Sharraf is most frequent in India, where it is carried by 507 people, or 1 in 1,512,949. In India Sharraf is mostly concentrated in: Bihar, where 75 percent reside, Jharkhand, where 10 percent reside and Uttar Pradesh, where 6 percent reside. Apart from India it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Saudi Arabia, where 1 percent reside and Afghanistan, where 0 percent reside.
Sharraf Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Sharraf has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name decreased 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sharraf Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sharraf in the Hindi language | ||
| शर्राफ | sarrapha | 84.85 |
| शर्रफ | sarrapha | 15.15 |
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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 Sharraf
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