Sheira Surname
Approximately 856 people bear this surname
Sheira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 641 | 1:143,426 | 11,189 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
Sheira (1,860) may also be a first name.
Sheira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sheira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sheira (Arabic: سحيرا, Marathi: शेइरा) is borne by more people in Egypt than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sheira? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 408,463rd most frequently occurring surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 8,513,488 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 75 percent of Sheira live; 75 percent live in North Africa and 75 percent live in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 176,580th most common forename throughout the world, borne by 1,860 people.
The last name is most frequent in Egypt, where it is borne by 641 people, or 1 in 143,426. Excluding Egypt it occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Saudi Arabia, where 23 percent reside and Indonesia, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sheira Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sheira in the Marathi language | ||
| शेइरा | se'ira | - |
| Sheira in the Arabic language | ||
| سحيرا | shyra | - |
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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 Sheira
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