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 last name Sheirff is held by more people in Liberia than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sheirff? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sheirff is the 5,213,395th most frequently used surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 86 percent of Sheirff live; 86 percent live in West Africa and 86 percent live in Anglo-West Africa.
The surname is most widely held in Liberia, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 367,378. In Liberia it is primarily concentrated in: Montserrado County, where 67 percent reside, Bomi County, where 8 percent reside and Bong County, where 8 percent reside. Excluding Liberia Sheirff is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 14 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 Sheirff
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