Shiferaw

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Amharic ሸፈራው (šäfäraw).

Proper noun

Shiferaw (plural Shiferaws)

1. A surname from Amharic.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Shiferaw is the 47614^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 445 individuals. Shiferaw is most common among Black/African American (95.73%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Shiferaw”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
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