Shurf Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Libya

Shurf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shurf Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Libya11:6,243,9746,186

Shurf (5) may also be a first name.

Shurf Last Name Facts

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

The last name Shurf (Russian: Шурф) is borne by more people in Pakistan than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Shurf? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 8,968,613th most common surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname Shurf is primarily found in Asia, where 50 percent of Shurf reside; 50 percent reside in South Asia and 50 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 5,493,085th most widespread first name in the world, borne by 5 people.

The surname Shurf is most frequent in Pakistan, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 89,321,942. In Pakistan Shurf is most frequent in: Punjab, where 100 percent live. Beside Pakistan it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 25 percent live and Libya, where 25 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Schurf9130/
Shurfs911/
Shurff910/
Surf89366/
Schurpf8334/
Schurff8310/
Schuerf832/
Shorf8059/
Shurb8052/
Shirf8022/
Shurv804/
Saurf804/
Surfs803/
Surff802/
Churf801/
Ssurf801/
Surft800/
Schuerpf7711/
Schuerff771/
Schirf73203/
Shourb7380/
Schürf7348/
Shorff7316/
Shirff7314/
Schorf7313/
Shourv735/
Cheurf733/
Shurbh731/
Churff731/
Shaurv731/
Schurv731/
Shurwz730/
Schürpf67324/
Sorf67267/
Surv6765/
Surb6753/
Shaurbh6735/
Zurf6718/
Shierff678/
Schirpf676/
Shourbh675/
Schorff674/
Schorpf672/
Schierf671/
Schirff670/
Schoerf670/

Shurf Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Shurf in the Russian language
Шурфsurf-

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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 Shurf
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