Shrefa Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Qatar

Shrefa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shrefa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia41:24,386,56619,165
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Shrefa (401) may also be a first name.

Shrefa Last Name Facts

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

Shrefa is more frequently found in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Shrefa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 6,360,413th most commonly held family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 44 percent of Shrefa live; 44 percent live in East Africa and 44 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. Shrefa is also the 430,973rd most common forename at a global level, borne by 401 people.

The surname is most frequent in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 24,386,566. Other than Ethiopia this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 22 percent are found and India, where 11 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shreefa9215/
Srefah8344/
Shrifa8310/
Shrefe837/
Shrafa832/
Sreefa831/
Chrefa831/
Shrefy830/
Shrefer7731/
Shrifat773/
Shrafai771/
Sreefah771/
Srifa731,341/
Serfa7383/
Srafa7314/
Sirfa736/
Srefi735/
Zrefa731/
Crefa731/
Schrefer7182/
Schraffa7157/
Shreefer7119/
Shreffer713/
Schreffe711/
Shresfho711/
Shrepfer710/
Chrifa67592/
Shrife67533/
Srifah67130/
Schreifer6742/
Sreifi6739/
Schreefer6733/
Shrifi6722/
Srifai6714/
Serfai679/
Sroifa678/
Srofah676/
Crefea674/
Sroyfa673/
Serfay671/
Srifaa671/
Sriefi671/
Srafaj671/
Sairfa671/
Sierfa671/
Serfah671/
Shrify671/
Srafaa671/
Zreefa671/
Srifay671/
Schretfer670/
Schreafer670/

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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 Shrefa
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis