Sherwali Surname

3,602,217th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Libya

Sherwali Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sherwali Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Pakistan151:11,909,59253,778
Libya91:693,7751,982
England31:18,572,686338,250
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Sherwali (503) may also be a first name.

Sherwali Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sherwali (Marathi: शेरवली) occurs most in Pakistan. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sherwali? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,602,217th most prevalent family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 242,918,197 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 53 percent of Sherwali are found; 53 percent are found in South Asia and 50 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Sherwali is also the 377,962nd most commonly occurring given name internationally, borne by 503 people.

This surname is most frequently used in Pakistan, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 11,909,592. In Pakistan Sherwali is most prevalent in: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 87 percent are found and Punjab, where 13 percent are found. Apart from Pakistan this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Libya, where 30 percent are found and England, where 10 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Sherwali Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sherwali in the Marathi language
शेरवलीseravali-

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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 Sherwali
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