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
Sheef is found in Saudi Arabia more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sheef? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 910,497th most commonly held last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 24,957,349 people. The surname Sheef occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Sheef are found; 95 percent are found in West Asia and 95 percent are found in Arabian Peninsula.
Sheef is most commonly used in Saudi Arabia, where it is held by 278 people, or 1 in 110,992. Excluding Saudi Arabia this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 2 percent live and Egypt, where 1 percent live.
Sheef Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Sheef has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name declined 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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