Shefaraw Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Shefaraw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shefaraw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia161:6,096,64111,907
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Shefaraw (17) may also be a first name.

Shefaraw Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Shefaraw Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Shefaraw occurs most in Ethiopia. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Shefaraw? popularity and diffusion

The surname Shefaraw is the 4,427,875th most widespread last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 80 percent of Shefaraw live; 80 percent live in East Africa and 80 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most prevalent first name at a global level. It is borne by 17 people.

The surname Shefaraw is most commonly occurring in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 6,096,641. Beside Ethiopia Shefaraw occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 10 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sheferaw8824,358/
Shifaraw8865/
Seifaraw881/
Shifarraw829/
Sheiferaw821/
Seferaw8016/
Shiferaw75213,508/
Sefarova7518/
Shafarow755/
Seiferaw752/
Sihferaw751/
Shoferaw751/
Shifferaw712,151/
Shiferraw7137/
Shiferawh711/
Shiferahw711/
Shifereaw711/
Siferaw6725/
Sefarov676/
Safarow676/
Sifarow675/
Shifferraw673/
Schifferaw671/

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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 Shefaraw
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