Cheraf Surname
Approximately 301 people bear this surname
Cheraf Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 289 | 1:133,673 | 18,229 |
| Mauritania | 8 | 1:511,858 | 18,608 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Cheraf Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cheraf Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Cheraf (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺸﺮﻑ) is borne by more people in Algeria than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Cheraf? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 891,661st most frequently occurring last name globally, borne by around 1 in 24,211,116 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Cheraf reside; 96 percent reside in North Africa and 96 percent reside in Mahgreb.
The last name Cheraf is most frequently held in Algeria, where it is borne by 289 people, or 1 in 133,673. In Algeria Cheraf is most numerous in: Mostaganem Province, where 72 percent reside, Bordj Bou Arréridj Province, where 25 percent reside and Sétif Province, where 1 percent reside. Outside of Algeria it is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 3 percent reside and Belgium, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Cheraf Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Cheraf in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺸﺮﻑ | alshrf | 75 |
| ﺷﺮﻑ | shrf | 25 |
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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 Cheraf
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