Cheirif Surname
Approximately 72 people bear this surname
Cheirif Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 51 | 1:80,291 | 5,266 |
| Mexico | 9 | 1:13,791,801 | 45,470 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
The alternate forms: Cheïrif (1) are calculated separately.
Cheirif (13) may also be a first name.
Cheirif Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cheirif Come From? nationality or country of origin
Cheirif (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺷﻴﺮﻑ) has its highest incidence in Mauritania. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Cheïrif. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Cheirif? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,237,939th most commonly used last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 101,215,916 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 74 percent of Cheirif reside; 72 percent reside in West Africa and 72 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most commonly used first name globally. It is borne by 13 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Mauritania, where it is held by 51 people, or 1 in 80,291. In Mauritania it is most numerous in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 76 percent live, Tagant Region, where 16 percent live and Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 2 percent live. Not including Mauritania this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Mexico, where 13 percent live and The United States, where 11 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Cheirif Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Cheirif in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺷﻴﺮﻑ | shyrf | 72 |
| ﺷﺮﻳﻒ | shryf | 8 |
| ﺍﻟﺸﻴﺮﻑ | alshyrf | 8 |
| ﺍﺷﻴﺮﻑ | ashyrf | 4 |
| ﺷﻴﺮﻳﻒ | shyryf | 4 |
| ﺍﺷﺮﻳﻒ | ashryf | 4 |
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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 Cheirif
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