Shiref Surname
Approximately 3,144 people bear this surname
Shiref Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 3,081 | 1:29,840 | 3,243 |
| Libya | 16 | 1:390,248 | 1,390 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Israel | 5 | 1:1,711,527 | 84,568 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Liberia | 4 | 1:1,102,134 | 37,930 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Shiref (4,526) may also be a first name.
Shiref Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shiref Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shiref is carried by more people in Egypt than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Shiref? popularity and diffusion
Shiref is the 141,689th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 2,317,922 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Shiref are found; 99 percent are found in North Africa and 99 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. Shiref is also the 102,228th most commonly occurring first name in the world, held by 4,526 people.
The last name is most numerous in Egypt, where it is borne by 3,081 people, or 1 in 29,840. Excluding Egypt it occurs in 14 countries. It is also found in Libya, where 1 percent are found and Qatar, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Shiref
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