Sherwal Surname

1,465,390th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 145 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Sherwal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sherwal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India1221:6,287,421144,905
United States91:40,273,215872,126
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Pakistan51:35,728,777102,388
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901

Sherwal (15) may also be a first name.

Sherwal Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sherwal Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Sherwal (Hindi: शेरवाल) is more commonly found in India than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sherwal? popularity and diffusion

The last name Sherwal is the 1,465,390th most commonly used surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 50,258,937 people. The last name Sherwal occurs predominantly in Asia, where 90 percent of Sherwal are found; 88 percent are found in South Asia and 84 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 2,900,335th most frequently used first name throughout the world, borne by 15 people.

The last name Sherwal is most commonly held in India, where it is borne by 122 people, or 1 in 6,287,421. In India it is most prevalent in: Delhi, where 48 percent are found, Uttar Pradesh, where 18 percent are found and Uttarkhand, where 11 percent are found. Outside of India this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 6 percent are found and Canada, where 3 percent are found.

Sherwal Last Name Statistics demography

Sherwal earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 19.5% more than the national average, earning $51,562 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Sherwal Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sherwal in the Hindi language
शेरवालseravala91.67
शेखालsekhala8.33

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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 Sherwal
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