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
The last name Cheirif (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺷﻴﺮﻑ) occurs more in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It can appear as: Cheïrif. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Cheirif? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,237,939th most widely held last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 101,215,916 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 74 percent of Cheirif live; 72 percent live in West Africa and 72 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Cheirif is also the 3,159,357th most commonly occurring first name on earth, borne by 13 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Mauritania, where it is carried by 51 people, or 1 in 80,291. In Mauritania it is primarily found in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 76 percent reside, Tagant Region, where 16 percent reside and Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 2 percent reside. Beside Mauritania this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Mexico, where 13 percent reside and The United States, where 11 percent reside.
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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