Sherpani Surname
Approximately 291 people bear this surname
Sherpani Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bhutan | 227 | 1:2,714 | 181 |
| India | 64 | 1:11,985,397 | 216,293 |
Sherpani Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sherpani Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sherpani (Tibetan: ཤེར་པ་ནི།) is found in Bhutan more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Sherpani click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sherpani? popularity and diffusion
Sherpani is the 912,827th most commonly held family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 25,043,113 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Sherpani live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 78 percent live in Tibeto-South Asia.
The last name Sherpani is most prevalent in Bhutan, where it is held by 227 people, or 1 in 2,714. In Bhutan Sherpani is mostly concentrated in: Tsirang District, where 61 percent reside, Sarpang District, where 23 percent reside and Dagana District, where 12 percent reside. Outside of Bhutan Sherpani occurs in one country. It is also found in India, where 22 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sherpanni | 94 | 1 | / |
| Serpani | 93 | 87 | / |
| Shirpangi | 82 | 5 | / |
| Sirpani | 80 | 20 | / |
| Cerpani | 80 | 8 | / |
| Çerpani | 80 | 6 | / |
| Serpane | 80 | 3 | / |
| Serponi | 80 | 2 | / |
| Serpana | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sirpangi | 75 | 24 | / |
| Chirpani | 75 | 4 | / |
| Serpenyi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sherpene | 75 | 1 | / |
| Serpone | 67 | 282 | / |
| Sarpane | 67 | 27 | / |
| Cerponi | 67 | 9 | / |
| Sirpana | 67 | 4 | / |
| Shirpangeh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sorpeni | 67 | 1 | / |
| Serpeny | 67 | 1 | / |
| Serponj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Searpone | 63 | 2 | / |
| Sirepane | 63 | 1 | / |
| Sarpheni | 63 | 1 | / |
| Syrpatne | 63 | 1 | / |
| Sirrpanyo | 59 | 1 | / |
| Sarpone | 53 | 41 | / |
| Sarponj | 53 | 4 | / |
| Cirponis | 50 | 5 | / |
Sherpani Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sherpani in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཤེར་པ་ནི། | sherpani | 95 |
| ཤེར་པ། | sherpa | 1.67 |
| ཤེར་པེ་ནི། | sherpéni | 1.11 |
| ཤེར་པི་ནི། | sherpini | 0.56 |
| ནི། | ni | 0.56 |
| ཤེར་པ་ནེ། | sherpané | 0.56 |
| ཤེ་པ་ནི། | shepani | 0.56 |
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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 Sherpani
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