Sheirf Surname
Approximately 128 people bear this surname
Sheirf Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Sheirf (264) may also be a first name.
Sheirf Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sheirf Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sheirf has its highest incidence in Egypt. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Sheirf click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sheirf? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,589,322nd most commonly held surname globally, held by around 1 in 56,933,952 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Sheirf are found; 96 percent are found in North Africa and 95 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. Sheirf is also the 547,545th most commonly held first name throughout the world, held by 264 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Egypt, where it is carried by 122 people, or 1 in 753,572. Apart from Egypt it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 2 percent reside and Pakistan, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Sheirf
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