Shierff Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Shierff Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 5 | 1:881,707 | 33,815 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
Shierff Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shierff Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shierff is most common in Liberia. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Shierff click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shierff? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 6,723,624th most frequently held family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Shierff are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 63 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Liberia, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 881,707. In Liberia it is most numerous in: Montserrado County, where 100 percent live. Not including Liberia this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 38 percent live.
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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 Shierff
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