Sheraf Surname
Approximately 160 people bear this surname
Sheraf Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 56 | 1:13,697,596 | 234,369 |
| Iran | 37 | 1:2,075,203 | 73,016 |
| Afghanistan | 30 | 1:1,071,773 | 9,936 |
| Pakistan | 17 | 1:10,508,464 | 49,949 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Albania | 2 | 1:1,457,028 | 24,967 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
Sheraf (200) may also be a first name.
Sheraf Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sheraf Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sheraf (Hindi: शेराफ, Marathi: शेराफ) occurs in India more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Sheraf.
How Common Is The Last Name Sheraf? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,374,607th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 45,547,162 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 97 percent of Sheraf reside; 88 percent reside in South Asia and 57 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 640,739th most widespread first name internationally, borne by 200 people.
It is most commonly held in India, where it is held by 56 people, or 1 in 13,697,596. In India Sheraf is most frequent in: Kerala, where 66 percent live, Jammu and Kashmir, where 13 percent live and Andhra Pradesh, where 5 percent live. Not including India this surname is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 23 percent live and Afghanistan, where 19 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sheraf Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sheraf in the Marathi language | ||
| शेराफ | serapha | - |
| Sheraf in the Hindi language | ||
| शेराफ | serapha | 50 |
| शेरफ | serapha | 50 |
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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
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- 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 Sheraf
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