Sheferd Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Sheferd Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 9 | 1:16,013,673 | 414,297 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 19 | 1:2,643,089 | 124,494 |
Sheferd Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sheferd Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sheferd (Russian: Шеферд) is more frequently found in Russia than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sheferd? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,772,636th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 59 percent of Sheferd live; 53 percent live in Eastern Europe and 47 percent live in East Slavic Europe.
This surname is most frequently used in Russia, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 16,013,673. In Russia it is most common in: Moscow, where 56 percent reside, Chechen Republic, where 11 percent reside and Moscow Oblast, where 11 percent reside. Barring Russia this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found in India, where 24 percent reside and Belarus, where 6 percent reside.
Sheferd Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Sheferd has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Sheferd last name decreased 95 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sheferd Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sheferd in the Russian language | ||
| Шеферд | seferd | - |
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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
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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 Sheferd
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