Sheef Surname
Approximately 292 people bear this surname
Sheef Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saudi Arabia | 278 | 1:110,992 | 14,774 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 1:35,728,777 | 102,388 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 23 | 1:2,183,421 | 107,224 |
Sheef Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sheef Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sheef is found in Saudi Arabia more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sheef? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 910,497th most widely held family name internationally, held by around 1 in 24,957,349 people. Sheef occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Sheef reside; 95 percent reside in West Asia and 95 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula.
This surname is most widespread in Saudi Arabia, where it is held by 278 people, or 1 in 110,992. Outside of Saudi Arabia Sheef occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 2 percent are found and Egypt, where 1 percent are found.
Sheef Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Sheef has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Sheef last name fell 87 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Sheef
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