Sheariff Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Sheariff Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 5 | 1:881,707 | 33,815 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sheariff Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sheariff Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sheariff is found in Liberia more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sheariff? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sheariff is the 7,593,402nd most frequently occurring last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 83 percent of Sheariff reside; 83 percent reside in West Africa and 83 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa.
This last name is most prevalent in Liberia, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 881,707. In Liberia Sheariff is most common in: Montserrado County, where 100 percent live. Excluding Liberia this last name is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 17 percent live.
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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 Sheariff
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