Sheferaw Surname

22,312th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24,358 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Sheferaw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sheferaw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia24,3081:4,013654
United States401:9,061,473385,835
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Sheferaw (32,605) may also be a first name.

Sheferaw Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sheferaw has its highest incidence in Ethiopia. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sheferaw? popularity and diffusion

Sheferaw is the 22,312th most commonly held last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 299,185 people. The surname Sheferaw occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sheferaw are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 26,123rd most frequently used given name internationally. It is borne by 32,605 people.

It is most commonly occurring in Ethiopia, where it is held by 24,308 people, or 1 in 4,013. Besides Ethiopia this surname exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent live and Sudan, where 0 percent live.

Sheferaw Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Sheferaw surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% registered to vote for the party.

Sheferaw earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 18.21% more than the national average, earning $51,006 USD per year.

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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 Sheferaw
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