Sheirff Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Sheirff Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 12 | 1:367,378 | 19,503 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Sheirff Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sheirff Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sheirff has its highest incidence in Liberia. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Sheirff click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sheirff? popularity and diffusion
Sheirff is the 5,213,395th most commonly held last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 86 percent of Sheirff are found; 86 percent are found in West Africa and 86 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa.
The surname Sheirff is most commonly held in Liberia, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 367,378. In Liberia Sheirff is most prevalent in: Montserrado County, where 67 percent live, Bomi County, where 8 percent live and Bong County, where 8 percent live. Barring Liberia it occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 14 percent live.
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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 Sheirff
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