Cherif Forename

7,761st
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 134,218 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Algeria
Highest density in:
Algeria

Cherif Forename

The meaning of this forename is not listed.

Cherif Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Algeria
96%
 
73,7151:518108
Senegal
98%
 
17,1951:848138
Chad
98%
 
9,9481:1,367165
Ivory Coast
58%
 
5,5871:4,130454
Morocco
100%
4,8311:7,110653
DR Congo
99%
 
3,7801:19,5311,635
Guinea
100%
3,7051:3,201362
Egypt
100%
2,6031:35,3062,273
Mauritania
98%
 
2,5391:1,613188
France
100%
2,2601:29,4121,142
Mali
75%
 
2,0991:8,088707
Cameroon
100%
1,4431:14,9761,512
Niger
96%
 
9351:20,5181,474
Benin
100%
7231:14,6281,736
Saudi Arabia-5831:52,8526,182
Togo-5771:12,5461,699
United States
100%
2741:1,323,12825,230
Tunisia
100%
2661:2,545451
Gabon
100%
2001:9,4171,573
Spain
100%
1871:248,8234,542
Canada
100%
1581:209,7057,852
Belgium
99%
 
811:141,8524,134
Burkina Faso
100%
701:262,56410,858
England
100%
601:926,71515,858
Germany
93%
 
581:1,666,86010,489
Qatar
100%
561:42,3145,522
Netherlands
93%
 
361:469,50211,829
Sweden
96%
 
261:379,15010,677
Brazil
100%
191:11,275,587133,736
Nigeria
100%
171:10,444,962119,257
Angola-161:1,685,4132,877
Switzerland
100%
151:547,5668,396
United Arab Emirates-131:550,15319,206
Scotland
100%
111:486,3976,140
Congo
100%
111:455,3828,101
Norway
100%
101:513,2339,206
Lebanon-101:562,7576,675
Denmark-91:627,7228,968
Indonesia-81:32,245,458686,574
Italy
100%
81:7,632,76127,464
Thailand
90%
 
61:11,677,636152,954
China-51:273,211,15675,889
Kuwait-41:946,31612,511
Ethiopia
100%
41:24,390,03319,296
Guinea-Bissau-41:432,054199
Finland
67%
 
41:1,370,79611,464
Ghana-41:6,746,5548,075
Venezuela
100%
31:10,067,298111,314
Philippines
 
67%
31:35,336,492343,681
Malaysia
67%
 
31:10,149,980208,386
Liberia
50%
 
31:1,470,68725,732
Ireland-31:1,547,8407,573
Mexico
100%
21:62,072,21496,650
Luxembourg
100%
21:282,0243,520
Oman
100%
21:2,054,3348,531
Turkey
100%
21:38,900,85464,839
Czechia-21:5,328,0818,108
Cape Verde
100%
21:264,5764,841
Uganda
100%
21:20,478,46091,660
Turkmenistan-11:5,472,8703,925
Kenya-11:46,307,11074,921
South Africa
100%
11:54,532,649471,300
Serbia-11:7,145,72110,629
Russia
100%
11:144,233,704184,271
Monaco
100%
11:38,4662,379
Libya-11:6,221,3093,060
Latvia-11:2,015,6456,531
Japan-11:127,986,05794,066
Iceland-11:366,0177,938
Greece-11:10,934,54822,228
Bulgaria-11:6,990,39027,036
Austria
100%
11:8,514,20119,377
Australia-11:13,657,62255,904
Argentina-11:42,773,24343,333
Albania-11:3,046,57049,159

The alternate forms: Chérif (2,759) & Chèrif (5) are calculated separately.

Cherif (140,757) may also be a surname.

Cherif Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chérif942,759/
Chèrif945/
Cherife92759/
Cheriff92304/
Cherrif92118/
Scherif9247/
Cheirif9213/
Cherief926/
Tcherif923/
Chaerif922/
Cherift922/
Cheraif922/
Chereif921/
Cherifs921/
Cherihf921/
Chherif921/
Ceherif921/
Cerif9194/
Herif9135/
Cheriffe86172/
Scheriff8610/
Scherief864/
Cherrife864/
Scherife863/
Cherrief862/
Cherisfe862/
Scherrif861/
Cherriff861/
Sherif83564,091/
Charif837,071/
Chirif83241/
Cheriv8350/
Cheref8347/
Cherib8314/
Cerife839/
Scerif835/
Cheryf834/
Kherif832/
Herife832/
Cgerif832/
Chorif831/
Cheriw831/
Cehrif831/
Qherif831/
Heriff831/
Hearif831/
Sheriff7751,741/
Sherief7714,070/
Sherife7714,068/
Shereif772,472/
Sherrif771,398/
Cheriph77197/
Kherief77121/
Sheerif77121/
Cheiref7737/
Tchirif7731/
Chariff7729/
Sherift7726/
Shearif7724/
Cherefe7715/
Cheryfe7713/
Shierif779/
Chirife775/
Charief775/
Chereef774/
Scheref774/
Seherif774/
Sherifë774/
Ssherif774/
Charrif773/
Chareif772/
Hserrif772/
Sheirif772/
Cherryf772/
Chytrif772/
Chériff772/
Dsherif771/
Chiriff771/
Chirifh771/
Choirif771/
Chereuf771/
Charhif771/
Cheryff771/
Cheïref771/
Chaarif771/
Ceriffe771/
Chairif771/
Sheyrif771/
Sheraif771/
Sherifh771/
Sherifç771/
Schérif771/
Kheraif771/
Hseriff771/
Cheriev771/
Cherref771/
She'rif771/
Şerif7345,691/
Šerif734,676/
Serif733,319/
Zerif731,560/
Herib73152/
Jerif7357/
Gerif7341/
Heriw7315/
Heref733/
Hirif732/
Heriv732/
Cyrif731/
Xerif731/
Cheriphe71300/
Sherriff71245/
Cherryfe7192/
Sheriffe7134/
Sherrief717/
Sherieff717/
Sherifff716/
Sheeriff715/
Cherrefe714/
Sheriffs713/
Sheiriff713/
Sherrife713/
Chereefe712/
Cherefhe711/
Cheeryfe711/
Cheirefe711/
Cherreaf711/
Cherryff711/
Cerrieff711/
Shearief711/
Shieriff711/
Sheereif711/
Sherisfe711/
Sheriefh711/
Sherifss711/
Schériff711/
Cheareff711/
Charef6720,586/
Sheref679,446/
Serife672,057/
Seriff67817/
Shérif67597/
Shirif6778/
Hairif6736/
Sherib6735/
Sheryf6729/
Serrif6725/
Sherrieff6718/
Serifs6710/
Chereb679/
Cirife679/
Jeriff678/
Serief678/
Serift677/
Kheriv677/
Jerrif676/
Zerrif675/
Chariv675/
Sherriffe674/
Sehrif674/
Geriff673/
Chiref673/
Cerefe673/
Cherev672/
Hesref672/
Cheryv672/
Chirib672/
Sheriv672/
Gerrif672/
Choriv671/
Cherreffe671/
Cherryfhe671/
Cheryw671/
Charèf671/
Charéf671/
Charrieff671/
Ceriph671/
Seirif671/
Sgerif671/
Sherıf671/
Sherreiff671/
Sheriw671/
Searif671/
Zearif671/
Zeriff671/
Kerrif671/
Heryfe671/
Herefs671/
Jerifh671/
Jeruif671/
Jeerif671/
Shèrif671/
Sherjf671/
Hereff671/
Chere-Vie671/

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Footnotes

  • First names are taken from the first part of an person's personal name. That is, not their inherited name(s), i.e. their surname(s). The first name includes particles, but not middle names
  • 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 Cherif