Sheria Surname
Approximately 2,784 people bear this surname
Sheria Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 1,532 | 1:48,224 | 5,835 |
| Tanzania | 742 | 1:71,350 | 7,464 |
| Kenya | 349 | 1:132,321 | 10,872 |
| Nigeria | 70 | 1:2,530,611 | 83,100 |
| South Africa | 24 | 1:2,257,404 | 96,432 |
| India | 19 | 1:40,371,862 | 445,856 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Yemen | 10 | 1:2,642,529 | 14,606 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Sheria (3,240) may also be a first name.
Sheria Demographics
Sheria Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Sheria Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sheria Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sheria (Marathi: शेरीया) is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sheria? popularity and diffusion
It is the 157,151st most commonly occurring last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 2,617,653 people. The surname Sheria occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Sheria are found; 55 percent are found in Central Africa and 55 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Sheria is also the 125,910th most frequently used given name internationally. It is borne by 3,240 people.
The surname is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 1,532 people, or 1 in 48,224. Other than The DR Congo this last name is found in 20 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 27 percent reside and Kenya, where 13 percent reside.
Sheria Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Sheria has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Sheria last name grew 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Sheria Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is principally Christian (57%) in Kenya.
The amount Sheria earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 80.5% more than the national average, earning R 428,928 per year and in United States they earn 58.57% less than the national average, earning $17,875 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sheria Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sheria in the Marathi language | ||
| शेरीया | seriya | - |
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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 Sheria
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