Sherima Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Sherima Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yemen | 5 | 1:5,285,059 | 21,214 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Sherima (156) may also be a first name.
Sherima Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sherima Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sherima is borne by more people in Yemen than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Sherima click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sherima? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sherima is the 6,063,924th most frequently used surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 60 percent of Sherima reside; 50 percent reside in West Asia and 50 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula. It is also the 735,679th most frequently held given name world-wide, held by 156 people.
The surname Sherima is most frequently used in Yemen, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 5,285,059. In Yemen Sherima is most frequent in: Sana'a Governorate, where 80 percent reside and Al Hudaydah Governorate, where 20 percent reside. Without taking into account Yemen Sherima is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 20 percent reside and Pakistan, where 10 percent reside.
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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 Sherima
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