Sherraf Surname
Approximately 251 people bear this surname
Sherraf Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yemen | 178 | 1:148,457 | 7,421 |
| Palestine | 67 | 1:67,893 | 5,900 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
Sherraf (11) may also be a first name.
Sherraf Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sherraf Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sherraf is found most in Yemen. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sherraf? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sherraf is the 1,011,991st most commonly held family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 29,034,047 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Sherraf are found; 100 percent are found in West Asia and 72 percent are found in Arabian Peninsula. It is also the 3,487,849th most common first name world-wide. It is borne by 11 people.
The surname Sherraf is most frequent in Yemen, where it is held by 178 people, or 1 in 148,457. In Yemen Sherraf is mostly concentrated in: Hadramaut Governorate, where 77 percent reside, Sana'a Governorate, where 20 percent reside and Al Mahrah Governorate, where 2 percent reside. Barring Yemen it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Palestine, where 27 percent reside and Iraq, where 2 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 Sherraf
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