Sheiff Surname
Approximately 68 people bear this surname
Sheiff Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 41 | 1:107,525 | 8,436 |
| Nigeria | 17 | 1:10,420,162 | 203,261 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 16 | 1:3,138,668 | 142,671 |
Sheiff (10) may also be a first name.
Sheiff Demographics
Average Sheiff Salary in
United States
$94,875 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sheiff Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sheiff Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sheiff occurs in Liberia more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sheiff? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sheiff is the 2,312,869th most frequently held last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 107,169,793 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 85 percent of Sheiff live; 85 percent live in West Africa and 60 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. Sheiff is also the 3,684,242nd most frequent first name worldwide. It is borne by 10 people.
The surname is most numerous in Liberia, where it is carried by 41 people, or 1 in 107,525. In Liberia it is most frequent in: Montserrado County, where 56 percent live, Bomi County, where 22 percent live and Grand Cape Mount County, where 15 percent live. Other than Liberia it is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 25 percent live and The United States, where 6 percent live.
Sheiff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Sheiff has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Sheiff surname decreased 75 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 60 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Sheiff Last Name Statistics demography
Sheiff earn more than double the average income. In United States they earn 119.88% more than the national average, earning $94,875 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 Sheiff
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