Sheref Surname
Approximately 5,889 people bear this surname
Sheref Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 3,783 | 1:24,302 | 2,737 |
| Ethiopia | 1,288 | 1:75,735 | 7,282 |
| Saudi Arabia | 716 | 1:43,095 | 6,100 |
| United States | 29 | 1:12,498,584 | 473,286 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| Libya | 9 | 1:693,775 | 1,982 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Pakistan | 7 | 1:25,520,555 | 84,222 |
| Liberia | 6 | 1:734,756 | 29,369 |
| Ukraine | 5 | 1:9,104,539 | 300,808 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1:3,054,091 | 90,853 |
| Turkey | 3 | 1:25,940,474 | 162,557 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
Sheref (9,446) may also be a first name.
Sheref Demographics
Average Sheref Salary in
United States
$42,797 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sheref Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sheref Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sheref (Marathi: शेरेफ, Russian: Шереф) is borne by more people in Egypt than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sheref? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sheref is the 82,317th most common family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 1,237,484 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Sheref are found; 64 percent are found in North Africa and 64 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. Sheref is also the 63,666th most frequent first name on earth It is held by 9,446 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Egypt, where it is carried by 3,783 people, or 1 in 24,302. Other than Egypt Sheref exists in 23 countries. It is also common in Ethiopia, where 22 percent reside and Saudi Arabia, where 12 percent reside.
Sheref Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Sheref surname are 21.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 75% being registered with the party.
The amount Sheref earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 0.82% less than the national average, earning $42,797 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.02% less than the national average, earning $48,678 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sheref Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sheref in the Marathi language | ||
| शेरेफ | serepha | - |
| Sheref in the Russian language | ||
| Шереф | seref | - |
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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 Sheref
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