Sheeraz Surname
Approximately 1,811 people bear this surname
Sheeraz Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 1,187 | 1:150,500 | 4,090 |
| Saudi Arabia | 239 | 1:129,104 | 17,726 |
| United Arab Emirates | 164 | 1:55,868 | 5,445 |
| India | 93 | 1:8,248,015 | 171,602 |
| England | 54 | 1:1,031,816 | 50,675 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Maldives | 4 | 1:101,043 | 3,565 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
Sheeraz (9,567) may also be a first name.
Sheeraz Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sheeraz Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sheeraz (Hindi: शीराज) is more frequently found in Pakistan than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sheeraz? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sheeraz is the 224,610th most frequent surname globally, borne by around 1 in 4,024,045 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Sheeraz are found; 71 percent are found in South Asia and 66 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Sheeraz is also the 63,136th most widely held first name at a global level, borne by 9,567 people.
The last name Sheeraz is most commonly held in Pakistan, where it is carried by 1,187 people, or 1 in 150,500. In Pakistan Sheeraz is most common in: Sindh, where 52 percent are found, Punjab, where 24 percent are found and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 16 percent are found. Aside from Pakistan Sheeraz occurs in 23 countries. It also occurs in Saudi Arabia, where 13 percent are found and The United Arab Emirates, where 9 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sheeraz Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sheeraz in the Hindi language | ||
| शीराज | siraja | 54.55 |
| शिराज | siraja | 25.45 |
| शीराज़ | siraza | 7.27 |
| शीराज़ | siraza | 7.27 |
| शिराज़ | siraza | 3.64 |
| शिराज़ | siraza | 1.82 |
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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 Sheeraz
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