Sheer Surname
Approximately 11,221 people bear this surname
Sheer Surname Definition:
V. Shere.
Sheer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 5,173 | 1:34,534 | 1,621 |
| India | 2,853 | 1:268,863 | 15,384 |
| United States | 1,338 | 1:270,896 | 25,418 |
| Egypt | 580 | 1:158,510 | 12,069 |
| Somaliland | 421 | 1:8,314 | 561 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| England | 124 | 1:449,339 | 29,774 |
| Kuwait | 96 | 1:39,591 | 4,718 |
| Bahrain | 59 | 1:22,858 | 4,582 |
| South Africa | 55 | 1:985,049 | 61,274 |
| Russia | 52 | 1:2,771,597 | 154,559 |
| Australia | 45 | 1:599,904 | 42,958 |
| Iraq | 42 | 1:833,849 | 11,429 |
| Afghanistan | 24 | 1:1,339,716 | 11,412 |
| Canada | 24 | 1:1,535,233 | 104,339 |
| Ukraine | 19 | 1:2,395,931 | 155,639 |
| Netherlands | 13 | 1:1,299,014 | 73,030 |
| Brazil | 12 | 1:17,839,528 | 311,080 |
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| France | 11 | 1:6,038,429 | 280,838 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Germany | 8 | 1:10,063,182 | 283,807 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Wales | 4 | 1:773,633 | 29,106 |
| Suriname | 4 | 1:138,154 | 7,029 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 7 | 1:632,838 | 19,259 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 103 | 1:236,654 | 17,592 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:623,869 | 16,225 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 409 | 1:122,784 | 11,929 |
Sheer (10,256) may also be a first name.
Sheer Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
V. Shere.
Sheer Demographics
Average Male Sheer Height
177.5 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Sheer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sheer Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sheer (Hindi: शेर, Russian: Шеер, Tibetan: ཤེར་) is found most frequently in Pakistan. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Sheer.
How Common Is The Last Name Sheer? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 46,211th most widely held family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 649,456 people. Sheer is mostly found in Asia, where 76 percent of Sheer are found; 72 percent are found in South Asia and 47 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Sheer is also the 60,227th most widely held first name globally It is held by 10,256 people.
This last name is most widespread in Pakistan, where it is borne by 5,173 people, or 1 in 34,534. In Pakistan it is most frequent in: Punjab, where 51 percent are found, Sindh, where 24 percent are found and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 22 percent are found. Not including Pakistan this surname exists in 43 countries. It is also common in India, where 25 percent are found and The United States, where 12 percent are found.
Sheer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Sheer has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 327 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 120 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it decreased 83 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Sheer Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is chiefly Catholic (71%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Sheer last name are 1.23% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 52% being registered with the party.
The amount Sheer earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 4.35% more than the national average, earning 361,147 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 122.09% more than the national average, earning R 527,772 per year; in United States they earn 21.26% more than the national average, earning $52,321 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.22% less than the national average, earning $49,575 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sheer Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sheer in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཤེར་ | sher | 80 |
| ཤིར་ | shir | 20 |
| Sheer in the Hindi language | ||
| शेर | sera | 80 |
| शेेर | seera | 20 |
| Sheer in the Russian language | ||
| Шеер | seer | - |
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Sheer Reference & Research
Shearer FamilyTree DNA Group - A group collating DNA test results for those who bear the surname, includes results of DNA tests and discussions.
Shearer FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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
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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 Sheer
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