Sherifah Surname
Approximately 176 people bear this surname
Sherifah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 169 | 1:454,334 | 27,907 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Sherifah (24,614) may also be a first name.
Sherifah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sherifah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sherifah has its highest incidence in Iran. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Sherifah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sherifah? popularity and diffusion
Sherifah is the 1,290,735th most commonly used last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 41,406,511 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Sherifah reside; 96 percent reside in South Asia and 96 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Sherifah is also the 32,402nd most common first name throughout the world, held by 24,614 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Iran, where it is borne by 169 people, or 1 in 454,334. In Iran it is mostly found in: Khuzestan Province, where 20 percent live, Tehran Province, where 17 percent live and Hamadan Province, where 11 percent live. Barring Iran this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 3 percent live and Ghana, where 1 percent live.
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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 Sherifah
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