Sherafa Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Sherafa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Iran | 3 | 1:25,594,175 | 224,183 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Sherafa (48) may also be a first name.
Sherafa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sherafa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sherafa is held by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sherafa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,213,395th most commonly used family name in the world, held by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 86 percent of Sherafa are found; 64 percent are found in South Asia and 36 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 1,448,253rd most commonly occurring given name globally. It is borne by 48 people.
It is most frequent in India, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 191,766,346. In India Sherafa is mostly found in: Jharkhand, where 75 percent are found and Telangana, where 25 percent are found. Barring India Sherafa exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 21 percent are found and Afghanistan, where 14 percent are found.
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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 Sherafa
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