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 borne by more people in Liberia than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shierff? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,723,624th most commonly used surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. Shierff occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Shierff reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 63 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa.
The surname is most numerous in Liberia, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 881,707. In Liberia Shierff is primarily concentrated in: Montserrado County, where 100 percent live. Aside from Liberia this surname is found 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
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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 Shierff
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